Flat World/Current Events #3 Test-50 Points1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?Things don’t change easily. And people don’t all tag along with technology. Like my grandma’s dinosaur phone.2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.1492 1800’s shrunk large to medium spirited globalizing by all countries. Fueled by power and prospect of new lands.3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.Size small now. Ended 2000 companies globalizing the companies were the dynamic leaders4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.2000-today Not companies and countries but people individuals and small groups. Its now a tiny world and it is not going to be about us Americans5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?Allowed us to think of the world as a flat plain. The wall symbolized the cold war and the hate towards each other6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?easier to communicate7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?Offshoring is when a company moves to different country. Less jobs. They’re both forms of callberation8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.Open to everyone. It was a way to get back at mircosoft. Google, fire fox, mozilla9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?Search engine to educate yourself10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?Wi fi. Cell phones11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”?learn to let go of their old ways to keep up with new technology12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?cause we get to live in it longer. this is in our life time.13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.The game board, that is also known as the world, is flattening out. There is no high ground, no low ground, everyone around you on eye level.
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