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Lecture 1 Introduction To The Contemporary World Self Assessment Activity
Lecture 1 Introduction To The Contemporary World Self Assessment Activity
LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY 1
Complete the following exercise by reading the short passage about a brief history of the Coco-Cola Company and fill in
the blanks. Use font color blue for your answers.
United
United 1886
1886
Stated
States
Canada in 1906
Canada in 1906
Olympic
OlympicGames
Gamesheld
heldinin
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
People’s
People’sRepublic’s
Republic’sof
China of China
400
400 200
200
ACTIVITY 2
Political
Political
Economic
Economic
politicians
politicians
International
International
Technological
Technological
Socio
Sociocultural
cultural
mass
massmedia
media
distances
distances
ACTIVITY 3
cultural
cultural
values
values national
national
consumer
consumer
financial
financial
global
global
capital
capital
political
political
governments
government
s
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ACTIVITY 4
Study the 7 events in the table and decide which of the following aspects of globalization the event illustrates:
economic, informational, cultural or political. The first one has been done for you as an example. You may work in pairs
and discuss the exercise with your partner. In your discussion, please agree on the reasons for your decisions.
economic
economic
informational
informational
political
political
cultural
cultural
economic
economic
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