Transcript Globalization

Global Connections
The Global Village
 In 1962, Canadian author Marshall McLuhan
wrote:
“The new electronic interdependence
reconfigures the world in the image of a
global village.”
What did he mean?
 The concept of the
global village means
that the world has
seemed to grow smaller
because of major
advances in
transportation and
communications
technology.
These changes allow people, goods and
information to move from one location to
another much more quickly than they
could before.
Interdependence
 Being mutually dependent
 The interconnectedness of all living
things with each other
 Decisions made in one part of the world
can have an impact on another part of
the world.
Globalization
 The system of interaction among the
countries of the world in order to
develop the global economy
 The ever-increasing flow of goods,
services, information, people and
communication around the world
Globalization - Good or
Bad?
Copy the following chart and identify
some of the advantages and
disadvantages of globalization.
Positive
Negative
 “Every choice we make and every item we
consume has an…impact somewhere on
the planet…For example, eating
hamburgers encourages more cattle
ranching in, say, Central America on
unsuitable soils, resulting in destruction of
the world’s vital rainforests, soil erosion,
and an increase in the number of landless
peasants. A high cost for a quick snack.”
 David Hicks, “Understanding the World”
Global Inequalities Assignment
 Use the CIA World Factbook to find data about
each country. Choose the country, then look in
People and Economy for the information required.
 Birth rate – # of births per thousand people
 Death rate – # of deaths per thousand people
 Infant Mortality Rate - # of deaths of infants under one year
old per thousand born
 Life expectancy at birth – average # of years people are
expected to live under current conditions
 Adult Literacy - % of population able to read and write at
elementary level
 GDP per capita – value of goods and services produced
within the country divided by total population