Globalization and Cultural Diffusion

Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.

• Infrastructure

• Globalization

• Specialization

Sending goods to another country to sell.

• import

• export

Bringing goods in from another country to sell.

• import

• export

A policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs (taxes on imports) or subsidies (taxes on exports).

• Free Trade

• Trade

• Goods

• Supply and Demand

What are some negatives of globalization?

• Workers are exploited in sweatshops

• Pollution and deforestation

• Low wages for factory workers in Asia and Africa

• All of the answers are correct

What are some positives of globalization?

• Cheap sneakers and clothes

• Cheap electronics

• Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)

• All of the answers are correct

A large company that has operations in more than one country.

• Domestic Corporation
• Multinational Corporation
• Foreign Corporation

This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.

• Demography

• Population Growth

• Cultural Diffusion

• Geology

McDonald's has restaurants in over 100 different countries. Is this an example of globalization?

• Yes

• No

Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Williams go to the Tokyo restaurant and eat sushi, a traditional Japanese food. Is this an example of globalization?

• Yes

• No