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Unit10 Globalization Preview When scholars write the history of the world in the last two decades, what do they think was the most crucial development? The attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11? The convergence of technology and events that allowed India, China, and so many other countries to become part of the global supply chain for services and manufacturing, giving themselves a huge new stake in the success of globalization? And with this flattening of the globe, has the world gotten too small and too fast for human beings and their political systems to adjust in a stable manner? Part I Text Reading Warm-up I. Facts about globalization. Globalization is the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. Decide which of the following phenomena are the facts of globalization. 1. There are approximately 24,500 McDonalds restaurants in over 115 countries. 2. It is estimated that participants of the Beijing Olympics has reached 11,468 involving 205 countries. 3. More than 100,000 people joined a parade in 1999 to protest against a WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle. 4. The Berlin Wall collapsed on November 9, 1989. 5. Chinese fans enjoyed Harry Potter VI: the Half-blood Prince on the same day with fans around the globe. 6. Columbus made a fourth voyage in search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean on 11 May 1502. II. Three stages of globalization. For Friedman, globalization has undergone three stages which he classifies as Globalization 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. Match the three eras of globalization with their features Eras Features A. Globalization 1.0 (1492-1800) a. It was the movement of information that it empowered the individuals to participate in the globalization. B. Globalization 2.0(1800-2000) b. It was a competition of power (horse power, wind power and later steam power) with which mainly western countries began to explore the new world. C