Concept check
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 487.
1. Match the following half-sentences.
| 1) The idea of a cosmopolitan culture emerged 2) The 15th century is considered to be the period 3) The European colonisation of the Americans 4) With the involvement of some areas into the world system, 5) The establishment of some international institutions 6) Nobody will deny | a) that the international transport and telecommunication are important for modern globalisation. b) on the basis of Greek culture. c) marked the beginning of a new stage of globalization. d) played its role in the process of globalisation. e) when the cooperation with the New World began. f) the number of people using European exports increased. |
2. Read each statement and decide whether it is true of false. Explain your viewpoint.
1) A historical origin of globalization is subject to debate.
2) The Islamic world did not influence the process of globalisation.
3) The Mongol Empire made a negative impact on the development of globalisation.
4) European colonisation of the Americas provoked the global integration.
5) The growth of the population in the world resulted from American agricultural products.
6) In the 19th century, the new social system gave a new shape to globalisation.
7) According to some analysts, a deep recession is a reason of deglobalisation.
3. Ask questions that may produce the following answers.
1) Jewish and Muslim traders and explorers established a sustained economy across the Old World.
2) The advent of the Mongol Empire made travel along the Silk Road much easier.
3) The European colonisation of Americas was one of the most important events in the sphere of ecology, agriculture and culture.
4. Look back at the text and give brief characteristics of each period of globalisation.
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