Crash Course: Globalization I

1. What item does John Green argue tells the story of globalization?
2. List two reasons that makes globalization today different from trade in the past?
3. What makes American cotton so much cheaper?
4. Why is the spinning and weaving done elsewhere?
5. Where is the screen printing usually done?
6. What aspects of this trade are the most expensive?
7. What organization (initials IMF) provides loans to poor countries but requires they open up to free trade type policies?
8. Where was your computer probably manufactured?
9. Who do people in Brazil, China, and similar countries primarily make computers for?  How is this different from American cars within the US in the Industrial Revolution?
10. How many people have emerged from poverty in the last 30 years?
11. What are some negative side effects of globalization?
12. What three reasons have led to migration become more common?
13. People moving leads to _____ blending.
14. How many hours would a Mongols shirt cost you?  How does this compare to the cost of few hundred years ago?
15. What reason does John Green offer for studying history?
16. John Green says it is both easy - and dangerous - to feel a certain way as a result of our accomplishments;  how should we be careful about feeling?