Today we went over the Canada Map. Then watched the flat world video again.
1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?
Means being able to access things from the internet. Also that technology is advancing.
2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.
Lasted from 1492-early 1800. It shrunk the world from large to medium.
3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.
Lasted 1800-2000. Shrunk the world from size medium to size small. People globalized through businesses.
4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.
2000-present. Shrinking the world from size small to size tiny. We be built from individual people globalizing.
5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?
11/9/89 is when the Berlin Wall came down. It allowed us to think of the world as a single flat plain.
6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?
It was the Netscape browers that really brought the internet alive. Let people in many places be able to talk to each other.
7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?
Outsourcing is- Where a company keep a business in a place but moves.
Offshoring- is where a company moves across the sea.
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
We started to watch a video, and we went over the Current world issues.
14. What was the Genesis moment of the flat world?
People able to work with people over a network like never before via the internet.
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