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This video connects to the second bullet point of the essential knowledge which shows how religions have diffused across the world, starting in India and spreading its way outward. This video shows a timeline of where and when each of the main 5 religions started and how they grew over time.

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Animated map shows how religion spread around the world

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This T.E.D.x talk was given by Stacey Sutton. She is an assistant professor at College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago. She talks about how gentrification negatively affects black and brown communities disproportionately.

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What we don’t understand about gentrification | Stacey Sutton | TEDxNewYork

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I found this video from this youtube channel called "A level revision", where they study the Pro-Natalist Population in France. I found this interesting at the beginning of the year when we talked about China's One-Child Policy. A Pro- Natalist Population encourages births to raise population, they did this for a larger workforce, because they were underpopulated. I like to see the way countries' governments think when they make their policies, and how they affect people living there.

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A Level Human Geography - Pro-Natalist Population Policy ~ France

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I made this meme about Mercator projections and Robinson projections. I have always found Robinson projections easier to look at because the level of distortion isn’t as horrible as the Mercator projection. I also didn’t even know about how bad the distortion was in both of the maps, especially the Mercator projection, before I took the class.

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I created this meme about types of diffusion specifically including relocation and contagious because this is the topic that always stuck in my brain and I liked to think about how different trends became so popular and contagious diffusion can sort of explain that. This connects to types of diffusion because the first part provides a simple example of some types of diffusion and the second part provides the actual types of diffusion that the example is talking about because if someone physically moves from one place to another to introduce a new thing it is relocation diffusion and as it spreads to more and more people it becomes contagious diffusion.

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I made this meme about map scales because they always confused me so much! For anyone who sat next to me in class you know how confused I got over this topic. The concept was so simple but no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t understand lol. Now that I have had a year with Mrs.Kmetz I finally get it. Thank you to everyone who always answered my questions about maps lol.

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Yesterday, I was browsing youtube and found this interesting video by a youtube channel I frequently watch called Neo. The speaker in this video talks about the various ways the mono block chair is common place around the world. I found this interesting because the chair is so well known through globalization that it truly can never be an indicator of culture, place, or time period. I recommend this video heavily because of how niche yet interesting it is. Who knew chairs could be so interesting?

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6.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices

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6.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices

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I found this youtube video on the Vox youtube channel. In the beginning of the video the speaker talks about all the different varieties of crops humans have cultivated. She transitioned to how those crops have los genetic diversity because of the need for more food due to the quickly rising population and the laziness of seed production companies. She goes onto explain that due to the lack of genetic diversity, crops are susceptible to the same fungus and viruses. These are some of the consequences humans have faced due to certain agricultural practices.

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This ted talk video, given by Kevin Allocca, who is a trend manager for youtube, talks about how and why youtube videos go viral and it relates to 4.1, cultural patterns and processes. In the video Kevin talks about what goes into making a youtube go viral. He talks about "tastemakers" like Jimmy Kimmel or Micheal J. Nelson who tweeted videos that went viral. This shows hierarchical diffusion because someone that people admire is posting about this video which continues to spread and share across the internet until it eventually goes viral.

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Kevin Allocca is YouTube's Head of Culture & Trends, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral.

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(claire taylor) This meme was created  by me. It corresponds is the intro to maps unit because it is the first unit in the class that we learned about. This was the moment I realized what we were getting into over the next 7 months! This class was a absolute joy to take and learn about, I just wanted to share this meme to make all of us laugh while thinking about the past.

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The meme below was created by me, and best relates to 2.7 Population Policies. This topic is about the types of population policies that promote or discourage population growth, such as antinatalist, immigration, and pronatalist policies. The reason why I felt that my meme relates to this is because anti natalist policies are policies created by a country that discourage population growth, such as the one child policy in China. When a country imposes these policies onto its population, the people will try to have as few kids as possible due to the fact that the country wants to lower its population growth by getting rid of the babies, as shown in my meme below.

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"Families confused, unprepared for West Dallas mass evictions," off of Dallas Morning News. It relates to topic 6.10, Challenges fo Urban Changes, specifically that of gentrification. The article was written four years ago, but still greatly applies  due to the continued gentrification in the area. This neighborhood, with the zip code 75212, has been battling a lack of vital services since it was first annexed into the city of Dallas in 1950s. Recently, much of the land in area has been bought from lower income individuals by large companies to build projects. In some cases, as highlighted in the article, renters are simply kicked out of their homes.

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This article is from npr.org and discusses Japan's population structure. This article relates to topic 2.9 because Japan has a high elder dependency ratio and a aging population. Some of the consequences of this type of population structure are also included in the article.

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Japan's birthrate has dropped to a historic level, the lowest since data gathering began in 1899.

That's what The Japan Times has reported, citing government figures released Friday.

For years, Japan has seen a decline in its population, leading experts and lawmakers to consider the economic and social repercussions.

And on Friday, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare estimated that 921,000 babies will be born by the end of 2018 - 25,000 fewer than in the previous year.

Birth and death statistics show that the pace of Japan's population collapse is speeding up, The Japan Times reported.

About 127 million people live in Japan. The population could drop below the 100 million mark by 2049, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.

Not only is Japan expected to enter a long period of population decline, but also its inhabitants are aging out of the workforce. By 2036, one in three people will be elderly, researchers project.

"To help ensure Japan stays on a path of sustained economic growth, we know we must address the birthrate and aging population issues," Communications and Cultural Affairs Minister Takehiro Shimada told NPR by email.

Shimada said the government launched a new economic policy package in 2017 to address the dilemma. "The plan is designed to promote both supply system innovation," such as robots, "and human resources development revolution," a social security system for "not only the elderly and the youth, but also Japan's working-age generation so they are provided with support for child-rearing and nursing care."

Amid a shrinking workforce, Japan has already turned to robots for some of its daily needs. They are used in restaurants, stores and banks. The International Monetary Fund stated last year that because of the aging population, robots will be found in "schools, hospitals ... and even temples."

Lawmakers also passed a measure in December that will allow more foreign workers to enter the country, for longer periods of time and, in some cases, with a path toward attaining Japanese citizenship.

Birthrates aren't just falling in Japan. South Korea has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Around the globe, the fertility rate fell more than 50 percent, from 4.99 in 1960 to 2.44 by 2016, according to the World Bank.

Japanese researchers found that among unmarried people between the ages of 18 and 34, nearly 70 percent of men and 60 percent of women were not in a relationship, reported The Japan Times.

But that isn't necessarily why the country is producing fewer babies. A major factor may be a dearth of stable jobs for young people. Since the 1990s, labor laws changed, leading to more part-time and contract work, according to The Atlantic. That could have affected people's trajectory, building "a class of men who don't marry and have children because they - and their potential partners - know they can't afford to."

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New figures from the government show that the estimated count of babies born in 2018 has dropped to a historic low. "We know we must address the birthrate," a Japanese official says.

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(Madison Kelly) Chinatowns in places such as New York and San Francisco are examples of multiculturalism because they are in certain locations away from the other cultural group to where it almost seems as if you are entering a different environment. Multiculturalism is when different cultural groups share the same space such as state but still have their individual cultures and practices.

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This meme was made by me. It relates to topic 1.1, Intro to maps. It relates to the fact that all map projections are subjective in information and distort the shape of the Earth. This especially corresponds with the Mercator Projection, which heavily distorts the size of places on Earth.

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This article is from Geographical.co.uk. This article relates to the Population and Migration unit, 2.12 because it is about how Trump wants to stop the movement of people who live in Mexico over to the U.S. He made an order to end the DACA which protects undocumented children. People found this to be wrong and protested with art. They used art to protest a political decision he made to slow down migration, or to keep people out.

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Art on the border - Geographical Magazine

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Influencing international peace through street art Throughout his election campaign, and at regular points since taking office, US president Donald Trump, has been championing the need for an ' impassable physical barrier' to be built along the US-Mexico border.

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This meme was made by me through imgflip and it relates to the different stages of a places population throughout the demographic transition model.  The most stable population increase is seen in stage 4 where both the birth and death rates are low.  When counties reach the possible stage 5 with a decreasing population, they will often implement pro-natalist policies. Examples of countries in stage 5 currently include Germany, Japan, and Ukraine.

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2.4 Population Dynamics, 2.8 Women & Demographic Change

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2.4 Population Dynamics, 2.8 Women & Demographic Change

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This 9 minute TED talk is about overpopulation facts discussed by Alexandra Paul that relates to topic 2.1. She talks about the overall population growth of the world, which is disturbing for her. She states that our population rate could be our downfall as humans. Alexandra states that we should have one child to stop this and more women go to school and learn important information. She says that technology cannot save us because in the end, how will people live? For everyone to have quality of life, the world population must go down.

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Overpopulation facts - the problem no one will discuss: Alexandra Paul at TEDxTopanga

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This picture is from jkgeography.com, it is an anti natalist poster and it relates to the Population and Migration unit, 2.7. It shows that China is discouraging a high amount of births per family because of the overpopulation of China.

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Topic 4.1 Intro. to Political Geography 

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This meme was created by me. It relates to the political unit, topic 4.1. It’s connected to this because people tend to think that a state and a nation are synonymous and use them interchangeably but really a state is a political area defined by boundaries and a nation is people that share the same cultural elements.

Annasty Henry

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7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy

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7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy

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This video is from TED-Ed and connects to topic 7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy. It explains agglomeration, why similar businesses locate themselves close to their competition, using an example of ice cream vendors on a beach.

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Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan

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This Ted Talk given by Michael Rain shows his life as a child of immigrants and also the cultural effects of it. Throughout this video, he spoke about what his life was like as he was growing up and how complex cultural issues are not just inquiries of children.

Laila Aranha

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Transcript of "What it's like to be the child of immigrants"

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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Michael Rain is on a mission to tell the stories of first-generation immigrants, who have strong ties both to the countries they grew up in and their countries of origin. In a personal talk, he breaks down the mischaracterizations and limited narratives of immigrants and shares the stories of the worlds they belong to.

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The video attached was created by Vox and it explains what gerrymandering is, what it can be used for, and the man who used it for Republican legislative gain.

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The man who rigged America's election maps

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I created this Meme about the Malthusian theory which is related to the population unit and topic 2.6 Malthusian theory using kapwing.com. This is related because it talks about how Thomas Malthus predicted a catastrophe because he said food was grown geometrically and human growth grew exponentially therefore humans would soon run out of food and  not survive. He did not consider however that technology would change and humans could find ways to grow food more efficiently.

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This Ted Talk by

Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, a GIS cartographer, is about the geography of inequality and how 'racial covenants', or legal clauses preventing non-white people from buying or living or certain properties, still effect us even though they have been outlawed. These places that used to have racial covenants still to this day don't have very many people of color. Many of these cities where this is seen the most used to be very integrated but when racial covenants became a thing the neighborhoods became segregated and still stay that way today.

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The Geography of Inequality | Kevin Ehrman-Solberg | TEDxMinneapolis

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This video talks about one of the most dangerous borders to cross, the Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe. Many migrants are being pushed there because of factors like conflict and economic purposes. It then explains how many go to the fragile country of Libya, but are not safe there so they must continue North. This can relate to topic 2.10 because it does a great job explaining a lot of the causes and results of forced migration.

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This photo was taken by me when I visited New York during spring break, this photo connects to 3.7 Types of Diffusion. I visited China Town as you can see in the photo, which is relocation diffusion. People spread their cultural traits by migrating and taking their cultural traits with them from place to place. China town in New York has many characteristics that makes the place look like China. The buildings, the food etc all are a part of diffusion from one place to another.

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This short film by Sharon walia is connected to topic 2.11 forced and voluntary migration. It is about people who have spent thier life to help the refugees stay safe and get to their new destination. It also shows you clips from the boats that refugees are on, and what they are like.
- Lauren Giannini
https://youtu.be/IkfWxqEQEVU

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7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy

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This meme was created by me. It relates to topic 7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy because it is an example of agglomeration. Agglomeration is a cluster of things, and in economy, the cluster of activity boosts the productivity of the businesses inside of the cluster. My whole life I always thought CVS and Walgreen's were just accidentally next to each other, when really they were strategically placed for economic benefits.

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I got this image from the Twitter account @ApHug (AP HUG Memes), and it relates to topic 1.1 Introduction to Maps. It relates to 1.1 because the Mercator projection is extremely distorted seeing as it increases with latitude and distorts things far from the equator, while the Robinson projection is more accurate.

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This meme was created by me. It connects to topic 1.6 Scale of Analysis. It shows that large scale maps show more detail, but cover less land area. Small Scale maps cover more land area, but show less detail. These topics always confused me.

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I firmly believe that one of my favorite movies of all time, Disney’s Mulan perfectly represents this topic as it shows the cultural landscape of China with a beautiful story in which a woman is told her place in society is to sit pretty until she gets married and then continue to sit pretty while belonging to a man even though able bodied fighters are needed to defeat the Huns. They would rather take an old man than a perfectly capable young woman and Fa Mulan works secretly to change that. It really is a powerful and inspiring movie. Below I attached a clip from the movie that illustrates the cultural standards for the women of China at that time. Plus, it’s a catchy song :)

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2.10 Causes of Migration, 2.12 Effects of Migration

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2.10 Causes of Migration, 2.12 Effects of Migration

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This video by Vox, is about the migration of African Americans within the United States from the south to the North in what some refer to as the great migration. This video goes into detail about the push and pull factors that led to the migration and the effects the migration had on the United States.

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Why African-Americans left the south in droves — and what's bringing them back

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This antinatalist poster was made in Singapore and I got it off of jkgeography.com. It shows that Singapore is attempting to keep the fertility and birth rate down since their population pyramid shows that they are youth dependent and a high birth rate. These posters attempt to convince people in Singapore to have smaller families.

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This Ted Talk presented by Miguel Rozo relates to the topic 2.11 Forced and Voluntary Migration. Throughout the speech, Rozo discusses the push factors the cause people to leave their homes and migrate to other places. He discusses both positive and negative effects of forced migration and how it even reflects on contributions to society.

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Forced Migration and Resilience: How Countries Stand to Benefit | Miguel Rozo | TEDxTerryTalks

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This photo was taken by me, just off of Mockingbird Ln. in Dallas, Texas and connects to topic 3.8 Effects of Diffusion. One of the effects of cultural diffusion is the development of multiculturalism; cultural groups share space, but retain distinct culture traits. Kingdom Hall, the name of this Jehova's Witness church is printed in both Spanish and English on the side of the building. Thus revealing that although two different cultural groups gather at this place of worship and share its space, they each retain their separate and distinct cultural trait of language.

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This picture depicts the topic 5.6 Agriculture Production Regions because it is showing the climate needed for a certain type of food to make. Plantations mostly need to be in tropical areas,  which yield lots of resources like bananas and cocoa beans.
Jude Baremore

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This print by BTW student MO is connected to topic 2.11 Forced & Voluntary Migration. The civil war in Syria has significantly increased the number of both internally displaced persons and refugees.

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This article from 1843magazine.com is related to topic 2.12 Effects of Migration. This article shows how remittance money used to build homes in Mexico tells a story of migration to the US, both the reasons for it and its effects on the place migrants leave.

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Electronic Superhighway by Nam June Paik is connected to 3.2 Cultural Landscapes. It reflects the unique cultural landscapes of the subnational units of the United States, including agricultural practices like growing potatoes in Idaho and distinctive architecture such as the Golden Gate Bridge in California.

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This meme created by JD in 2019 reflects topic 4.1 Introduction to Political Geography. It refers to the idea that in geography, states are sovereign political units, not subnational political entities as most Americans think of them.

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This map from Wikipedia of where alcohol is prohibited in India reflects topic 4.7 Forms of Governance. As a federal state, the national government of India shares its power with local government, so while drinking alcohol is legal in some subnational units, it's not in others.

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This photo taken at an Occupy Oakland protest in 2012 was uploaded by Steve Rhodes to Flickr and reflects topic 4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty. It shows how advances in communications technology such as the use of social media have facilitated democratization by replacing traditional methods of effecting change.

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7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy

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Wendover Productions's video "Why Chicken Sandwiches Don't Cost $1500" is connected to 7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy. It specifically discusses how economies of scale have reduced the price of goods, benefiting consumers by not only enabling them to purchase goods at a cheaper price, but also in increasing the variety of goods available.