Study the 7 events in the table and decide which of the following aspects of globalization the event illustrates: economic, informational, cultural, or political. The first one has been done for you as an example. You have to paste this activity on your blog and compare your answers with FOUR of your classmates. Discuss your finding by asking them about the reason for their decisions. Include screenshot of those discussions in this document.
| Events | Aspect of globalization |
1 | Disneyland, the American theme park, has been set up in Hong Kong, Japan, and France. | economic |
2 | The parts of a car come from all over the world: Germany, Japan, Korea etc. and the car is assembled in the U.S. | economic |
3 | Businesses are operated with many satellite locations or call centers in other parts of the world to answer questions in another: for example, someone in India answering a call from the U.S. about a product or service. | informational |
4 | The creation of regional forums such as the European Union, Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), and international organization such as the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization. These international forums and organizations have new rules and agreements for participating countries to follow. | political |
5 | The spread of language, products, and customs as people are closely connected. | cultural |
6 | Franchises for McDonald's hamburgers, Pizza Hut, Burger King, KFC, and others carrying U.S. trade names are operating throughout the world | economic |
7 | Cable News Network (CNN), based in the United States, produces 24-hour news broadcasts that can be seen by people around the world. | informational |
I agree with your answers, in number 2 I had doubts, because I thought it was informational, thanks to your answer this topic is clearer to me :)
ResponderBorrarThanks for your job, I agree with all of your answers. Compare them makes the topic easier to me :)
ResponderBorrarOur answers are the same. Globalization affects many aspects of our lives and I believe that the world is increasingly globalized. Good job!
ResponderBorrarI differ with some of your answers I think Pont five is a mix of cultural and economic forces. Languages is part of our culture and the trade of goods and services is economic.
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