Part 1
2. Please read the “Columbus” article, posted below. This is going to give you a more concrete
understanding of the history of globalization that you read about above.
3. Please post answers to the following questions
What is globalization, according to this article (there may not be an explicit answer–you might have to
speculate based on what you’ve already learned and what this article is saying)
• what food items were “native” to the New World? How did these help
foster “globalization”?
• explain how “globalization” as described in this article created
slavery
• explain the importance of the potato to globalization.
• keep adding to your list of questions you have about globalization
and post the following–what would you like to know about
globalization? what do you hope we will learn about globalization?
Do you see any connections between globalization and your minor
areas of study? Could you speculate on what those connections
may be?
