Make a list of four or five major cities around the world and then locate them on a map. what are the likely strategic or economic reasons for their locations? do their locations share common characteristics?

New York - USA Tokyo - Japan London - UK Singapore - Singapore Sao Paulo - Brazil

Explanation:

The top five major cities of the world are given above as most of them are financial centers and are regarded as the hubs of the strategic and economic planning and are located as the most buzz places and all routes of the transportation and navigation and all the commercial and the financial activities take place here and thus have good revenue in terms of the tourist and are considered as global cities.