1. Bell Ringer Today’s BellRinger is NOT on the BELLRINGER paper! Do the VOCABULARY BUILDER / SECTION QUIZ worksheet.

2. Global Connections Main Idea Main Idea: Globalization links the world’s countries together through culture and trade.

4. Globalization Video Globalization is the process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade. What caused it? Improved communications and transportation, (internet and airplanes)

5. Popular Culture What do you have in common with students from Japan? Technology Clothes Movies Global Popular Culture

6. Popular Culture Popular culture Popular culture refers to culture traits that are well known and widely accepted. Food Sports Music Movies

7. What culture traits do the U.S. export and import? IMPORT EXPORT

8. Global Trade Globalization links the world’s businesses and affects trade. It had made it quicker and easier. Countries are becoming interdependent. Interdependence Interdependence is a relationship between countries in which they rely on one another for resources, goods or services.

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10. Got It? In what way does improved communication and transportation affect global trade? It becomes quicker and easier. How has globalization affected the English language? Commonly used around the world in business, science and education. Added many words from other cultures.

11. A World Community What happens in one part of the world can affect the entire planet. The world community works to promote cooperation between countries in times of crisis. It is like the entire world is one village that works together.

12. A World Community Countries join together to solve conflicts. The United Nations (UN) is an organization of the world’s countries that promotes peace and security around the globe.

13. The World Community The world community cooperates in times of crisis. Earthquakes, floods, droughts Groups from many nations provide humanitarian aid, or aid to people in distress.

14. 2004 tsunami Huge tidal wave devastated parts of southeast Asia. Many organizations came together including United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) International Red Cross Doctors without Borders Video

15. Got It? What kinds of conflicts do world organizations work to solve? Wars, trade disputes, political disagreements How is today’s world more like a village than in earlier time? Possible answers – people are in close contact; a problem in one country affects other countries, much like village neighbors; people share some culture traits like people in a village. How does a large scale disaster promote cooperation between countries? Possible answers – it may be too big for a single nation to solve; it affects more than one nation.

16. Classwork/Homework Vocabulary Builder / Section Quiz