Unit 3 Blog Entry: Economic Globalization

Part A

In this unit I learned that Economic Globalization is a big part of our economy. It is what helps us become who we are in the world.
I found it really interesting that there are two types of countries. Developed and Developing countries, most of the world is developing but their all become more developed.   
I can connect what have learned in class to Film Studies because without economic globalization we would have computers, cameras, t.vs or all of the other electronics.   
What surprised me this unit was that the World Bank and IMF were made to help foreign countries but they only make it worse when they "help" the nations.     
One concept that I am still having difficulty with is how sweatshops are still running today with lots of people knowing about the horrible thing that happen inside.      
One question I still have is are there any small company's trying to fix the problem with the World Bank or IMF.        
One skill or learning strategy I found helpful was the word wheel because it helps me connect everything I learned with one another. If I was to teach someone how to use this I would tell them to first to pick 7-9 words. Then to draw how many circles as there are words. Next pick a word and put it in one of the circles. Finally put another word in the circle beside and write a sentence about how their connected,repeat until all circles are filled and connected to one another.This will help them learn about how all the words are connected to one another and to remember the words they use and what they mean/are.

Part B

I will tell you about free trade and what it is. Free trade is where multiple countries reduce their trade barriers like tariffs to make trading easier between them. The process of making a free trade between countries is called trade liberalization. The World Trade Organization is a organization of countries where there is free trade between them. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that enable them to trade with each other freely. If you like free trade you don't like protectionism. Protectionism is the belief that only local business should be there. Another term for protectionism is Economic Nationalism.

Part C

This cartoon goes with the concept of outsourcing and profit. The cartoon is showing how Santa is moving down east. This means that he is going to where he can make more profit. Also he is Closing his workshop so he doesn't have to pay the high wages for his elves. It is saying how everyone wants to have to pay the lowest wages and make the biggest profit.

Part D

Historical Globalization

In this unit I learned that the imperialism was a big issue for a really long time. I found it really interesting that so many countries(mostly European) were taking over other countries like Canada and Libya. I can connect what have learned in class to English because I have learned a lot of new words to use. What surprised me this unit was that Europeans though they had the White Mans burden to help natives become civilized. One concept I am still having difficulty with is that the only people with power was the Europeans. One skill I found use full was the paragraph writing because I can write better paragraphs that will be better for me and the person reading it. We used it to write paragraphs in essays.



Mercantilism is where a monarch(king or queen) gives a company sole permission to a colony for resources so the monarch can get money from it. When the industry's gained enough money they created their own business which lead to Capitalism. Capitalism is where private owned businesses run it with no government involvement. Worth more and more businesses getting involved the businesses need faster ways to make their product which is where the age of Industrialization began. Industrialization is where the industries began using machines to make products at low prices. Countries wanted to improve their riches by using cheap resources. The countries started taking over other countries also known as imperialism. Imperialism is where the countries take over another countries politics, economy and military.


The picture tells us that people though that white people had to tale up "The White Man's Burden". The burden is where white people have to "civilize" other people of other cultures. The White Man's Burden is what caused the Scramble for Africa. The Scramble is where the Europeans "scrambled" to get land in Africa. The motivation for the scramble was that the Europeans wanted cheap resources and cheap labour. The Europeans took over colonies like Canada and Rwanda. A colony is a country controlled by another country. Many countries outside of Europe were colonies. What I have been talking about can be practically summarized by one word: Imperialism.


Imperialism has left a big legacy on Canada in good and bad ways. Imperialism came to Canada in the form of the French in the 1500's, and the British some time later which lead to The Seven Years War. This shows that the British doesn't like sharing their colonies. This also shows that people in First Nation didn't have a say in who controls Canada. The multi-controllers is what caused the country to be bilingual. This show that people were taught both French and English. This also shows that both French people and British people lived in Canada with the First Nations. Therefore both negative and positive impacts happened to Canada because of imperialism.

Globalization has happened through the centuries and has had good and negative impacts. Globalization is when cultures and people from around the world are connecting to each other. It happen during imperialization when the Europeans connected with the First Nations.

How imperialism changed the world

I am working on a project on "To what extent has imperialism shaped the present day situation in Libya". Not everone is doing Libya but I am. I learned that Libya is a big country in Northern Africa. Also that is was cologinized by Italy in the mid 1800's. The Sihara desert covers most of Lybia and most of the population lives on the 15% of ot that isn't the Sihara.

blog introductary assignment

I have learned in Social Studies about Globalization. I learned how there are eight types of globalization:political, social, technological, ecological, political, economic, geographic. We learned about the Beothuk, Hunters of the Plains and the Six Nation Confederacy. How the Europeans came over to Canada and took over the land. The Beothuk were annihilated and buffalo went to near extinction. One way I have experienced globalization recently is

I have really tried to do my work since my last entry. There have been times where I haven't done my work. For example is this blog entry because it is late. Most of my other assignments I have completed. I understand that globalization can be a good thing and a bad thing. Like the fact that we would not be here if the Europeans hadn't globalized over here. But on the other side the Beothuk would probably still be here if they hadn't. It is hard for me to understand not many thing because I can be a fast learner.

This Google sign represents technological globalization. It represents it by showing how a website goes all around the world. Google connects the world through technology. The world uses Google so people in calgary and someone in japan could be looking at the same website because of Google. Technological globalization is a very big common type of globalization. Google is probably the most used search engine in the world.

welcome to my blog

the purpose of this blog is to reflect upon my learning and share with my classmates, teacher and my parents what I have been learning in social 10-2