Dunkin’ Donuts, KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks, Subway



You will research the assigned food or product retailer. You will think geographically about map scales and the company’s spatial distribution, diffusion and cultural influences. Activity 1 and Activity 3 will be completed outside of class as independent work. Activity 1 and Activity 3 will be graded and will not be accepted late.

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Activity 1 - Homework

1. Google map your assigned retailer _______________________________.

(Use “Coach Handbags”, “Subway restaurants”, “GAP outlet”, “swatch watch”, Apple computers”, “cell phone stores”)

Print the following maps of your assigned retailer’s locations at the different scales (if available)

• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County

• North Carolina

• United States

• World/Global

• One South American country of your choice ______________

• One African country of your choice _______________

• One Asian country of your choice ____________________

• One European country of your choice __________________

This is a total of 8 maps!

2. Explain approximately how many stores are located in (you do not have to count all of the stores)

• W-S/Forsyth County _________________

• North Carolina _________________

• United States _________________

• World/Global ___________________

• One South American country of your choice __________________

• One African country of your choice __________________

• One Asian country of your choice__________________

• One European country of your choice__________________

3. How did the number of stores in each country change when the scale of the map changed? Be specific with estimated numbers and countries. _______________________________________

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If, on a global scale, you colored all the countries in which your retailer is located, what misconceptions could a geographically uninformed person imply? (hint: # of stores, location of stores, distribution of stores) THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPT.

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Activity 2 Class work in groups

4. Compare your maps to your groups’ maps. What are the differences? ___________________

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What would account for the differences? ____________________________________________

(think about socio-economic factors, cultural factors, population factors, infrastructure, other)

5. Put the maps in order of scale – small to large scale

6. What type of detail do you see on the small scale map? ______________________________

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7. What type of detail do you see on the large scale map? ______________________________

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8. How did the information change when the scale of the map changed? Be specific with estimated numbers and countries. __________________________________________________

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Activity 3 homework

9. Explain the distribution of your assigned retailer

• In W-S/Forsyth County ________________________________________________________

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• In the United States _______________________________________________________

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• In the World _____________________________________________________________

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• In one country of choice – country __________continent__________________________

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Go back to Google map

10. Choose a city you are familiar with (Winston-Salem, Charlotte, your home town, etc.) that has your retail store.

• Determine the absolute location ______________________________________________

• Describe the relative location ______________________________________________

11. Choose a retail location on the continent of your choice (it should be an area which you are not familiar with)

• Determine the absolute location ______________________________________________

• Describe the relative location ______________________________________________

Activity 4 Class work in groups

12. In your group, List 3-5 reasons why, in your geographically informed opinion, the retailer chose the locations? _____________________________________________________________

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13. Is the type of diffusion of the retailer relocation, contagious, hierarchical or stimulus? _______________ What evidence is there to support your conclusion? ____________________

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14. Compare the distribution of other retailers’ locations. Use the distribution word bank.

Retailer _________________: Pattern of location: ____________________________________ Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: _________________________________________________________________

Retailer _________________: Pattern of location: ____________________________________ Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: _________________________________________________________________

Retailer _________________: Pattern of location: ____________________________________ Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: _________________________________________________________________

Retailer _________________: Pattern of location: ____________________________________ Using terms from the distribution word bank, what factor may have influenced the distribution of the locations?: _________________________________________________________________

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Relative Location Word Bank

Close to

Across from

Near

In the area of

Intersection of

Rural

Urban

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Distribution

Word Bank

Inland Clustered Concentration

Coastal Dispersed Concentration

Rural Dry/Arid temperature

Urban Moderate temperature

Socio-economic Tropical temperature

Density infrastructure influences

Cultural influences population

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