Globalization

The growing interconnectedness of the world has both benefits and drawbacks.

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What Is Globalization?

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Understand the benefits and challenges of our increasingly interconnected world.

It Takes a Village to Make Your Medicine

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Follow the global supply chain across borders and into your pill bottle.

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Trains, Planes, and Shipping Containers

See how three innovations shaped how people and goods move around the modern world.

3.441 billion people

traveled via airplane in 2015—an increase of more than 11 times from 310 million in 1970.

Source: World Bank

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Six Essential International Organizations You Need to Know

Look at the most prominent international governmental organizations tackling the world’s biggest issues.

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Hitting Home: When Global Becomes Local

Actions in one part of the world often affect outcomes in another.

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How Globalization Affects What’s for Brunch

Learn why globalization's effects can appear where you least expect them.

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Big in China: The Global Market for Hollywood Movies

Explore Hollywood’s relationship with the Chinese market.

Two Hundred Years of Global Communications

TIMELINE 1814 to 2007

From the printing press to Instagram, technological advances shape how people communicate.

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Globalization Module Assessment

Questions to check your understanding

SUMMARY

Globalization Reading List

Supplemental readings and other resources

How Globalization Affects You

Explore why globalization is one of the defining realities of modern existence.

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