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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