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.6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?Netscape is important for “flattening” the world in many ways.7. What is outsourcing/off shoring 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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