GLOBALIZATION

THE CONNECTION OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. GLOBALIZATION RESULTS IN THE EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. AS PEOPLE, IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE, AND GOODS MOVE MORE EASILY AROUND THE GLOBE, THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BECOME MORE SIMILAR.

COMMUNICATION

• Trading across the Silk road
• This is a picture of two men trading
• This relates to economic because trading involves money or materials that can be traded again for money

POPULAR CULTURE

• Americans reading Japanese comics or listening to African music
• This is a picture of a group of people of the same culture which probably grew to where they live
• This relates to social because for this culture to spread, someone had to tell someone else that this culture is great.

POLITICS

• Two countries helping each other fight
• This is a picture of some politics including Obama greeting
• This relates to Political because it is about politics and alliances between two countries

GLOBALIZATION PROS

• Aid agencies can respond more quickly to natural disasters
• Advanced medicines are more widely available to people that may have not been able to afford them
• Jobs available through globalization have lifted many people out of poverty

GLOBALIZATION CONS

• Outsourcing has caused wealthy countries to lose many jobs
• People worry that western culture will destroy local cultures around the world