LONG ESSAY FOR FINAL

This is exactly how the long essay question will appear on the final. Please be sure you can answer all parts of the question, as it is of significant point value.

You can use any resource you wish (book, lecture, internet, etc.) in answering this question. You can take notes, write the entire essay, whatever you wish. You CANNOT, however, use your notes during the final. You will be asked to put all notes away while taking the entire final.

Please be sure you have adequately prepared for this question.

Part IV – Long Essay

Several chapters of your book involved the process of globalization on our planet and the reaction of various cultures to this process. Outline some of the processes of change that affect all cultures as we move towards a world in which connectivity increases daily and mention how change has affected our canonical areas of culture (such as the environment, technology, demography, economy, politics, and religion). What do you see as the future of our culture specifically and our world in general as a result of these global processes of change?