1. Warm Up – May 8 1. What is globalization?
Answer the following questions on a post-it:
1. What is globalization?
2. What innovations in technology have led to increased globalization?
3. What are the benefits of globalization?
4. What does the anti-globalization movement argue about globalization’s effects?

2. Pros and Cons of Globalization Article
Take notes while reading focusing on the following topics:
Definition of globalization
Different areas where Globalization can be summed up as a long-term change towards greater international cooperation in
Factors that have made Globalization possible
Twentieth Century innovations that have made globalization easier
Twenty-First Century innovations that have made modern globalization a reality
Benefits of globalization
Negatives of globalization

3. Period 6: 1900- Present (Accelerating Global change and Re-alignment)
Globalization

4. Globalization of the Economy
Entire world = increasingly seen as one single market
Globalization = an approach to the world economy that favors:
Reduction of tariffs
Free global movement of capital
A mobile and temporary workforce
Privatization of state-run enterprises
Stopping government efforts to regulate the economy
Cuts in taxes and government spending

5. Globalization of the Economy
New Technologies
Innovations in shipping
Huge oil tankers
Air express services
Fiber-optic cables
Internet

6. “Anti - Globalization” Movement
Agree that economic globalization has:
Lowered labor standards
Devastated the environment
Prevented poor countries from protecting themselves against financial speculators
Ignored local cultures
Disregarded human rights
Enhanced global inequality
Favored only the interests of large corporations and rich countries – created a rich Global North and a poor Global South
Antiglobalization Activists

7. Religious Fundamentalism on a Global Scale
Fundamentalism = one type of religious response to the modernizing and globalizing world
Strict religious devotion that is defensive, assertive, and exclusive
Tactics used by fundamentalists to communicate their message:
Educational and propaganda efforts
Political mobilization of their followers
Social welfare programs
Sometimes violence  terrorism

8. Fundamentalism on a Global Scale
Al-Qaeda = created by Osama bin Laden
Great enemies of al-Qaeda:
Irreligious Western-style modernity
U.S. imperialism
An American-led economic globalization
Result: September 11, 2001 – terrorism attacks on Pentagon in Washington DC and Twin Towers in NYC

9. Globalization and Environmentalism
Most critical environmental transformation = global warming
Caused by two major factors:
Increased burning of fossil fuels = emit heat-trapping greenhouse gases
Loss of trees = would otherwise remove carbon dioxide from the air
Concerns with global warming:
Melting glaciers and polar ice caps
Rising sea levels
Thawing permafrost
Extreme hurricanes
Further species extinction

10. TOD – May 8
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
1. What is fundamentalism?
2. What tactics are used by fundamentalists to communicate their message?
3. How do some Muslims view Western culture?
4. What is the most famous example of a violent Muslim fundamentalist? What reasons do they have for being anti-American?
5. What was the result of this opposition to America?