Unit 9: Globalization

Chapter 1: Globalization After 1900 🌍⚡

Globalization = increasing global connections

1. Cause:
Technology (especially containerization + internet) → faster trade & communication

Economy

• Multinational Cooperations move production to cheap labor

• World Bank and World Trade Organization → support global trade

→ Result: economic growth but inequality

Culture

• Cultural diffusion (spreading)

• Cultural hybridity (blending)

Effects

• Digital divide → unequal access to tech

• Environment → climate change, pollution

• Migration → people move for jobs

Other

• Green Revolution → more food, but environmental harm

• World Health Organization → diseases spread faster globally