Globalization

Today we talked a lot about globalization. We went to this website and had to take the caption off of the pictures and put them into our own words. Here is what I came up with (some of them have titles):

1st caption
often associated with "Americanization"- exporting of American brands and consumer goods
2nd caption- Silk Road
old civilization, the silk road was a collection of trade routes connecting the markets of Asia with Arabia, the Mediterranean, and East Africa; routes still used today
3rd caption-Santo Nino de Cebu
globalization has spread religious beliefs (example, Roman Catholicism, originated from Mediterranean regions is now the dominant religion of the Philipines)
4th caption- Mobile Maasal
still held old traditions but they were influenced by other parts of the world with things like cell phones and farming
5th caption- language learning
knowing more than one language is common, as globalization involves many cultures; some such as English and Mandarin have millions of speakers while others like Quecha have become endangered
6th caption- exchange
shipping is huge, shipping containers are a product of increased globalization, huge quantities of goods are exported and imported by countries around the world
7th caption- United Nations Headquarters
each flag represents a united nations member state
8th caption-
 movies and art forms are one of the leading media of globalization
9th caption-
is a process that brings diverse cultures into everyday contact

Then we had to read the definition and put that into our own words:
globalization- connection of different parts of the world, results in different economical and political activities in people's lives, as cultures, beliefs, and goods move around the world, everyone becomes a little more similar with the way they live

Lastly, we had to read the first section called Globalization in History and do the same thing:

• has a long history 
• greek culture spread across much of southwestern Asia, northern Africa, and southern Europe
• silk road promoted exchange of ideas, knowledge, and goods 
• when colonies began oversees there was more globalization
• Britain's colony supplied goods like cotton to places such as India
• accelerated in the nineteenth century with the Industrial Revolution; mechanical mills and factories became common; companies used raw goods 
• sped up when air travel came into play, and when free trade and the Information Age became things
• many miles of fiber-optic cable connect the continents, allowing people around the world to immediately communicate through the web