Saturday, January 1, 2000

Crash Course: Globalization II


  1. What does John Green argue about KFC and how our psychology has changed as a result of globalization?
  2. As a result of the failures of Marxist collectivism, what do we celebrate instead?
  3. What country does John Green admit his bias toward?
  4. What innovation led to more sexual freedom?
  5. What problems have arisin within the family as a result of individualism?
  6. How has globalization affected the environment?
  7. How has the meaning behind flowers changed as a result of globalization?
  8. How does John Green describe our lifestyles as unsustainable?
  9. Some historians argue economic interdependence leads to less war, but John Green isn't convinced it ends violence.  List three examples that explain this problem.
  10. What political idea has been on the rise since the 1990s?
  11. Where has democracy flourished without economic growth?
  12. Where has growth occured without democracy?
  13. Where has economic growth and democracy gone hand in hand?
  14. Give one example of a negative event that could lead to this era as being seen as a tremendous mistake?
  15. Give one example of a negative event that could lead to this era as being celebrated for millenia?
  16. Summarize John Green's argument about inequalities from a historical context.
  17. Every human is a ________ _________.