Mary and Frank regularly take a 2.5 hour drive to Atlantic City, NJ yet have not visited well-liked relatives one hour away, citing the reason "It is too far to travel". How would you explain this spatial interaction in terms of psychological distance?
Ask five of your fellow students where they would most like to live after graduation, and why. Are there any commonalities to their answers?
What were the push and pull factors that caused your ancestors to move to the United States? (If you are a Native American, what factors affected the migration patterns of your ancestors?)
Assume you work for a real estate company. You need to find a site for a family of five to buy or rent a house. Both parents have jobs (one full-time and one part time) in different parts of the metropolitan area and the three children, ranging in age from 10 to 18, have a variety of extra-curricula activities and rely on mass transit. How would you conduct a spatial search of the area within a 50-mile radius of the full-time wage earner's work site?
Globalization is a hot issue right now. Using the library and Internet resources, prepare a list of five arguments for and against globalization. What types of examples are cited by proponents on various sides of the debate?
