Flat World/Current Events #3 Test-50 Points1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?It means because of globalization everybody is on an even “playing field”. We can trade, communicate, and other stuff. Ultimately making the world flat.2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.Lasted from the 1492 to 1800’s. Era of started globalization. Era to find power.3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.Lasted from 1800 to 2000 you went global through your company.Companies went global.4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.Has just begun and not going to be for just white westerners.5. What was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?Made people believe symbolically that the world was flatting.It ended the separation of the free world and the communist countries.6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?Netscape is important for “flattening” the world in many ways. It brought the internet alive. It eventually led to communication around the world and ultimately is flatting the world.7. What is outsourcing/off shoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?They are new forms of calibration. People don’t like it because businesses are going to different countries and that limits jobs in America.8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.Open to anyone and is now free. Mozilla Firefox is an example.9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?You can use a search engine to inform yourself by yourself.10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?Wireless communication, like wifi or cell phones, that can happen from any were around the world.11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future to succeed in a “flat world”?They need to adapt to using technology.12. Why should young people be concerned with the “flat world”?They’ll be left behind in your not ready for it. You won’t get a job.13. Define what Friedman means by the “flat world” now that you watched the video.The world will have more technology and will be more communitve around the world.
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