Friday April 1st 2011

1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?

A: All the countries are the same because of the internet

 

2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.

A:it lasted from 1492 - 1800s world went from large to medium

 

3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.

A:1800s - through 2000 world went from medium to small

 

4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.

A: overnight the world went from size small to flat

 

5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?

A:Yes because it alowed us to see in a single flat world

 

6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?

A: a small start up company Netscape

 

7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?

 

8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.

 

9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?

 

10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?

 

11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”?

 

12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?

 

13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.

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