Do Now: Where in the world are all the Starbucks?

How many Starbucks are in your neighborhood? In NYC?

Which state do you think has the most Starbucks?

Aim: How can we show scale on a map?

Aim How can we show scale on a map?

Found in 45 countriesWhere in the world ?

Seville, Spain Japanese in Spain at a Starbucks

McGlobalization & Starbucks’ World

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Starbucks Map and Graph Assignment

• Using the Starbucks’ Statistics 2008 Excel document, create a histogram for the total number of Starbucks found in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• Use the histogram to determine the categories for the The World, and United States Map and create a Chloropleth map.

• Color the map according to the categories determined using dark to light shades of the same color.

Analysis Questions

• 1. Where in the world are the world’s Starbucks and why are they in those specific countries?

• 2. How does the Starbucks World and USA Map illustrate the importance of understanding scale?

• 3. What are the factors that determine the location of a Starbucks in the USA?

• 5. What type(s) of diffusion can be seen on the United States map?

• 6. Why are there so few Starbucks in: a. Africa, b. Northern Europe, c. South Asia?

Additional Assignments

• Create a United States Map showing the number of Starbucks per 100,000 residents.

• Create a Chloropleth map for Australia’s states and territories.

• Create a Cholorpleth map for Canada’s provinces and territories.

• Create a Dot map for the location of all Starbucks in Tennessee.

Image Sources

• http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0206/ijge/starbucks.jpg

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavylift/65657985/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclipsco/1398879754/

• http://static.flickr.com/43/78505154_8f3a6c1cf3.jpg

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/13777371@N05/1718016827