Anchor Points - Example
Example: McDonald's is a fast food chain
Definition: process by which something
becomes worldwide in scale or scope.
Why is it important?
Globalization is important because the
world is becoming increasingly
globalized. People all around the world
are impacted by the spread of culture,
ideas, products, and companies from one
place to another. Many of the tags on the
things I own exemplify how globalization
impacts me because they tell me where
all of the stuff I own came from. The
spread of things can be good or bad. It
does provide more choices to people but
it can create a uniform landscape. For
example, I saw KFC when I was in
Europe. I didn’t want to see or eat KFC
because that is familiar to me from
home. I wanted to experience authentic
food that isn’t available to me at home.
restaurant that can be found all over the world.
This is an example of globalization because the
spread of McDonald’s to places outside the U.S.
makes the chain global in scale.
Other Related Terms:
GLOBALIZATION
Uniform landscape/
placelessness – everywhere
around the world begins to
look the same as goods,
styles, products, and ideas
spread. Places begin to lose
BIG IDEA – Impact and interaction
their unique nature
Globalization occurs as people Hearth – point of origin of
interact with each other over time an idea
and space. They exchange goods,
services, and ideas that impact the Diffusion – spread of an
very character and development innovation or cultural trait
of their cultures and societies. from one place to another
 Anchor Points - Example What caused it?
What was it?
The Great Famine was a famine Limited food led to high prices, weak workers,
throughout almost all of Northern and other social consequences. Poor harvests
Europe that lasted from roughly 1315- led to farms being abandoned and people
1322. wandering the countryside in search of food.
Jews and lepers were blamed for the famine
and targeted for persecution. International
trade suffered as famine in one place held
GREAT consequences elsewhere due to increased
interdependence.

FAMINE
What did it lead to?
THEME/Connection?
The famine led to malnourishment
THEME 1: INTERACTION OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD (INT)
and weakened health of overall
Motivated by a variety of factors, Europe’s interaction with the
society, which became more
world led to political, economic, social, and cultural exchanges
susceptible to sickness and
that influenced both European and non-European societies.
disease…and ultimately the Black
Plague. Though the Great Famine was not directly a cause or effect of greater events outside
Europe, it was impactful in multiple places across Europe. Additionally, it set the stage for
the Black Plague, which was caused by a direct interaction between Europe with Asia.