Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. The development of communication technologies such as internet, laptops and mobile phones are important to the growth of globalization because they help countries move closer to each other. For example, your shoes are made in Germany and your t-shirt in America or your mobile phone comes from South Korea. Not only the development of technology but also the improvement of transportation has assisted globalization. Today goods are made and sold all over the world thanks to globalization. Globalization is growing quickly and there are lots of effects, which are connected to each other, of globalization. Although some of them have positive effects on the earth, not all of them affect our world positively.
Globalization is not a new system for the world. Many centuries ago people started to trade and merchants travelled around the world. The Industrial Revolution accelerated the development of globalization and with the help of new machines or new transport carried the products further and faster. However, the technological developments and transport at the end of the 20th century were the most important causes of the growth of globalization. Thanks to the development of shipping, improved air transport and container transport it is easy to convey the mass movement of products. Therefore, it is easier for companies to work in other countries, trading is not as hard as before with the help of globalization. For instance, a Spanish company can produce goods in Africa and sell them in the United Kingdom. Globalization paves the way for international trade and it also allows people to buy goods at a lower cost. Moreover, you do not have to have a company or a big market to sell your products because as an individual you can sell your products to somebody on the other side of the world via internet.
