Globalization connects different parts ###### the world. People, ideas, ###### and goods move around ###### easily. People start having ###### in common. Globalization In History

Globalization has ###### long history. Thousands of ###### ago, ancient Greek culture ###### across Asia, Africa and ######. They built towns in ###### continents so they could ###### and sell more goods.

###### example is the Silk ######. This was an ancient ###### route between China and ######. It carried ideas and ######, along with goods like ###### and spices.]]>
###### sped up 200 years ######. This period was called ###### Industrial Revolution. During the ###### Revolution, farmers moved to ###### city to work in ######. Many companies used materials, ###### metal, from distant lands. ###### also sold their goods ###### other countries.

Globalization sped ###### even more 100 years ######.]]>
Communication

Globalization depends ###### much on how people ######. Knowledge zips around the ###### on the Internet. People ###### read news about other ###### as easily as they ###### about their hometowns.

More ###### half the people in ###### world also use cellphones. ###### farmer in Nigeria can ###### to his cousin in ###### York City, New York. ###### is a country in ######.

Travel

Being able to travel ###### the world also created ###### globalization.]]>
People do ###### travel just for work, ###### course. Millions of people ###### vacations in other countries.

###### are able to learn ###### new ideas, goods and ######. In this way, globalization ###### trade, tastes and culture. Popular Culture

###### culture has also become ###### globalized. People in the ###### States like listening to ###### African music. They read ###### comic books. American soap ###### are popular in Israel.

###### eat more foods from ###### countries.]]>
Globalization helps companies sell ###### to other countries. American ######, like Microsoft, Apple and ######, make a lot of ###### from people around the ######. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, a ###### in the Middle East, ###### oil to many other ######.

Most large companies have ###### all around the world.]]>
###### and organizations are connected ###### companies around the world. ###### of this, if a ###### important company is in ######, then the rest of ###### world is in trouble, ######. This is called a ###### crisis. Politics

Globalization can also ###### a good thing. Many ###### around the world face ###### same problems. They must ###### together to solve them.]]>
Through ######, people can also get ###### that don't exist in ###### country. The new jobs ###### globalization brings have stopped ###### people from being poor.

###### not everyone says that ###### is good. Some people ###### that American culture will ###### local cultures around the ######. They fear that everyone ###### end up eating hamburgers ###### watching Hollywood movies.

Many ###### blame globalization for being ###### for workers. Even if ###### get jobs, those jobs ###### not be very good. ###### top of this, when ###### move from rich countries ###### poor ones, they take ###### jobs from the rich ######.]]>