GLOBALIZATION

GLOBALIZATION IN HISTORY.

• ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE, FOR INSTANCE, SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN ASIA, NORTHERN AFRICA, AND SOUTHERN EUROPE.
• THE GLOBALIZATION OF GREEK CULTURE CAME WITH THE CONQUEROR ALEXANDER THE GREAT. IN FACT, THERE ARE CITIES NAMED FOR ALEXANDER IN IRAQ (ISKANDARIYA), EGYPT (ALEXANDRIA), AND TURKEY (ALEXANDRIA TROAS).

COMMUNICATION

• MODERN COMMUNICATION HAS PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION. TODAY, NEWS AND INFORMATION ZIPS INSTANTLY AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET.
• PEOPLE CAN READ INFORMATION ABOUT FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS EASILY AS THEY READ ABOUT THEIR LOCAL NEWS.

TRAVEL

• Increased international travel has also helped globalization. Each year, millions of people
• Each year, millions of people move from one country to another in search of work.

POPULAR CULTURE

• Popular culture has also become more globalized. People in the United States enjoy listening to South African music and reading Japanese comic books.
• American soap operas are popular in Israel.

ECONOMY

• The international economy has also become more globalized in recent decades.
• International trade is vital to the economies of most countries around the world.
• American software companies, such as Microsoft, rely on international trade to make large profits.

POLITICS

• Cultural and economic globalization have caused countries to become more connected politically.
• They work together to open their borders to allow the movement of money and people needed to keep economic globalization working.
• Countries frequently cooperate to enact trade agreements.

PROS OF GLOBALIZATION

CONS OF GLOBALIZATION