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What is GLOBALIZATION?? media type="youtube" key="LtmvksvSvtc" height="385" width="480"

media type="youtube" key="QeXvtz0_Ex0" height="385" width="480" Do you think that factors around the world affect you? Well, if you take a closer look, events that happen in other countries really do affect you, your family, or even your country in some way. **Globalization is a process of interaction and mixing among the people, companies, and governments of different nations.** This process has effects on the environment, culture, political systems, economic development, and on the physical well-being of people in societies around the world. Globalization has to do with the whole world and is not something new. For thousands of years, people and corporations have been expanding and trading with each other all over the world. Consider the middle Ages with the Silk Road and how it helped trade from place to place. There are many views to globalization as to whether it helps countries or whether it causes trends that can lead to destruction. For example, poorer or underdeveloped countries get left behind in many ways, because they can't afford things like new technologies that other countries can afford. Countries developing technology or even the blending of cultures are all examples of globalization. Take a look at your shirt, most likely your shirt was made in a country other than the one you are in right now. This is another example of globalization that you are able to see almost every day. There are many types of globalization including, cultural, economical, political, and social. This wikispace and its pages will zoom in on just one of these types of globalization, which is economic globalization. **Economic globalization** ** is the expansion of production, markets, competition, technology, and corporations and industries. ** These wiki pages will focus on how economic globalization affects the environment. Mostly everyone had heard of **global warming, or the rise of the Earth’s temperature** is being linked to globalization. The more factories and businesses that are built, the more pollution there is in the air. Also, the building of infrastructures leads to the destruction of animals’ homes. **Deforestation, the cutting down of trees and not replacing them**, results in more endangered species. But, there are many efficient ways that we can help to save our environment including car pooling which lowers car emissions. Even one person can help make a difference! I hope this overview on globalization makes you want to read more. ** GO GREEN! **