INTL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pizza Hut, Theocracy, Ikea
6 Apr 2017
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What are its features: political, economical, communication (phones, internet, telegraphs) When did it start: colonization, age of exploration, silk trade. What forms can it take: trade, militaristic, political, culture (immigration, sports) Fairly self-explanatory: rise of multi-national corporations (starbucks, apple, ikea, mcdonalds, increased levels of international trade. Chinese mcdonalds has menu items for the people there. What other companies are truly global: burger king. Monday, february 13, 2017: pizza hut, subway. Spread of cultural from local to global: american culture is spread around the globe, i love lucy re-runs are broadcast nearly constantly worldwide, english as a common language. People are becoming less different and more similar: soccer as a global sport, popularity of musical artists. Is one form of politics inherently better than any other: not a theocracy, democracy that promotes capitalism. International committee of the red cross is rst ingo- international non-
