Globalization

The phrase "At the global scale, encompassing the entire world, geographers tend to see broad patterns." can be fully interpreted as meaning that the environment was being harmed by processes such as global warming which were at the global scale but it could be improved by actions, such as consuming less gasoline, which causes global warming, that were in the local scale. Globalization Scale is an increasingly important concept in geography because of globalization. Globalization is when a force or process, like global warming, that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope. This basically means that the ability of one person alone to do something is shrinking. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines 'Globalization as the following: "The act or process of globalizing :the state of being globalized; especially :the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets." The Oxford English dictionary defines globalization as; "The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale." These definitions are not a whole lot different. They both describe globalization asa process and relate globalization to a worldwide scale. For part two of today's lesson I will be listing items and where their country of manufacturing is.
-Staples Composition Notebook: 'Made in Brazil'
-MacBook Pro: 'Designed by Apple in California...Assembled in China'
-Pen: 'Japan' 


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