GLOBALIZATION

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GLOBALIZATION

• The integration of markets, nation-states and
  tech-nologies in a way that is enabling
  individuals,
• corporations, and nations to reach around the
  world farther, faster, and cheaper than ever
  before.

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• The process has been going on for 5,000 years,
  but has accelerated dramatically since the fall
  of the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Increased communication, trans-portation, trade,
  multinational
• corporations, and economic
• alliances have contributed to the dramatic
  increase.

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OUTSOURCING

• Obtaining services or products from an outside
  supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs.
• Outsourcing manufacturing, technical, and
  communications jobs has increased in the U.S.
  causing loss of jobs.

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Islamic
Hindu
Buddhist
Islamic
Islamic
Hindu
Buddhist
Islamic
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15 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
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SUMMER MONSOON WINDS BRING HEAVY RAIN CAUSING
FLOODING IN PARTS OF SOUTH ASIA (mainly
India, Bangladesh, Nepal)
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INDIA WORLDS LARGEST DEMOCRACY
Bombay Mumbai
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Throughout India, there is the traditional and
the modern side by side
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Many metropolitan areas are industrialized and
modern.
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HINDUISM
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• HENOTHEISTIC RELIGION- BELIEVE IN A SINGLE MAIN
  GOD BUT RECOGNIZES
• MANY OTHERS. (33,000 deities)
• No single founder, but grew over a period of
  4,000 years (in South Asia)
• Two general features
• 1. Caste system
• 2. Acceptance of Veda or scriptures
• BRAHMA- Main god-the creator
• Believe in reincarnation

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Over 70 million expected to take the holy
dip during the
week
long festival.
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GANGES RIVER

• SYMBOLIZES PURITY TO HINDUS
• WHO BELIEVE DRINKING ITS WATERS WILL LEAD TO
  SALVATION
• BUT 29 CITIES, 70 TOWNS, AND MANY VILLAGES DUMP
  345 MILLION GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE DIRECTLY INTO
  THE RIVER EVERY DAY !

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• FACTORIES ADD 70 MILLION
• GALLONS OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE
• AND FARMERS DUMP ANOTHER 6
• MILLION TONS OF CHEMICAL
• FERTILZER AND 9,000 TONS OF
• PESTICIDES IN THE RIVER

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Over 10,000 monkeys occupy downtown New Delhi,
the capital. Monkeys are considered sacred .
The monkey god, Hanuman, symbolizes wisdom,
devotion, righteousness, and strength
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These rats are in a Hindu temple. Rats are
allowed to run free because they could be
reincarnations of their relatives or ancestors.
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Cows considered sacred and are allowed to roam
free throughout India.
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India is home to the worlds largest motion
picture industry, Bollywood.
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In 2005, India made 1,041 films compared
to 699 that year in the U.S.
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Nepal was the only Hindu monarchy in the world
for many years. In 2001, the Crown Prince turned
on his family and shot them before turning the
gun on himself. Nepal is now functioning as a
republic with a multi-party system.
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NEPAL
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Pakistan
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Pakistan has many moderate Muslims, but has
had To deal with a growing number of
militant Muslims
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New president Asif Ali Zardari must deal
with Al-Qaida and the Taliban within its borders.
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Bangladesh
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In Bangladesh, people being poisoned by high
levels of arsenic in the drinking water
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Bangladesh also plagued with many floods
because of its low sea level and delta areas
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Bhutan
The land of Thunder Dragon Isolated,
Buddhist country which has just recently become a
tourist destination
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Bhutan has recently opened itself to
the world It just let cable TV come in 8 years
ago.
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Sri Lanka- has two main ethnic groups which are
fiercely divided among ethnic and religious
lines. Buddhist Sinalese-are the
majority Minority Hindu Tamil group have been
fight- ing for an independent State since the
1980s.
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