1. Introduction to Globalization

Question 1

Globalization is global movement towards integration of __, __, __, and __.

Answer 1

• economy
• finance
• commerce
• communication

Question 2

Globalization means opening local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader view of an __ and __ world with free transfers of __, __, and __ across national borders.

Answer 2

• interconnected
• interdependent
• capital
• goods
• services

Question 3

“The __ and __ of social relations and consciousness across world-space. The creation of new social networks and the multiplication of existing connections that cut across the traditional political, economic, cultural, and geographic boundaries refers to expansion. These various connections occur at the different levels.” Who said this?

Answer 3

• expansion
• intensification
• Manfred Steger

Question 4

refers to the barriers that prevent or make difficult the movement of things. Furthermore, they can either be natural or man-made.

Answer 4

solidity

Question 5

refers to the increasing ease of movement of people, things, information, and places in the contemporary world.

Answer 5

liquidity

Question 6

are the movement of people, things, places, and information brought by the growing “porosity” of global limitations (Ritzer, 2015).

Answer 6

flows

Question 7

__ refers to the widespread international movement of goods, capital, services, technology, and information. It is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of __ of goods, services, technologies, and capital.

Answer 7

• economic globalization
• cross-border movement

Question 8

__ refers to the transmission of meanings and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the internet, popular culture media, and international level

Answer 8

• cultural globalization

Question 9

__ refers to the growth of the worldwide political system, both in size and complexity. That system includes __, their __ and __ organizations

Answer 9

• political globalization
• national governments
• governmental
• intergovernmental

Question 10

__ are conceived as the main facilitator and driving force of most of the globalization process.

Answer 10

technological developments