Unit Test

• Pre-modern Period (3500 BCE - 1500 CE) – In this period, the invention of writing and the wheel were great social and technological boosts that moved globalization to a new level​.
• Ideology – It is often used to legitimize certain political interests or to defend dominant power structures
• Technology – This is considered as one principal driver of globalization​
• Economic Dimension – This refers to the extensive development of economic relations across the globe as a result of technology and the enormous flow of capital that has stimulated trade in both sources and goods
• Hybridization – This results in a constructive interaction process between global and local characteristics which is often visible in food, music, dance, film, fashion, and language
• Jihadist Globalism – This is a religious response to the materialist assault by the ungodly West in the rest of the world​
• Contemporary Period (from 1970 to present) – The period of leap in the history of globalization
• Globalization – This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political systems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-being in societies around the world; this is about growing worldwide connectivity
• Individualism and Consumerism – These are the dominant cultural characteristics of our age, and the drive for economic success stimulated by the internet and other technological devices circulates much more easily than they did in earlier periods​
• False – Today’s globalization is faster, cheaper, and deeper compared to earlier waves of globalization​
• True – During the Prehistoric Period, globalization was severely limited due to the absence of advanced technology​
• True – Globalization involves the macro-structures of a global community as part of its concerns
• True – Media empires such as Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and Disney play a role in directing the extensive flow of culture​
• True – Social justice ensures equity in how burdens and goods are distributed, guaranteeing equal moral and legal standing​
• False – The Roman Catholic teaching on globalization states that the poor are affected by environmental irresponsibility because they live in places with cheap materials and labor, not expensive ones
• True – Social networking, social stretching, and controlled social exchanges are positive implications of globalization
• True – Buying and selling in far-away lands, such as the Silk Road, is an example of globalization​
• False – Globalization occurs not just on an objective, material level, but also on a subjective plane of human consciousness​
• True – The process of industrialization accelerated during the Modern Period (1750-1970)​