Chapter 29: A World without Walls: Globalization and the West Page(s) 781–782 29.1. Define globalization and understand the causes and consequences of increased mobility of people, ideas, and money in the latter decades of the twentieth century. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage on global information flows. Drag word(s) below to fill in the blank(s) in the passage. One of the key elements of the globalized world is the role played by information. By the early 1990s, most people in the West owned a –, allowing instant communication across continents. Later in the decade, – spurred a revolution in commerce, communication, and even in political organizing. For example, Egyptians used – to coordinate their political opposition to President Mubarak. This information revolution also led to the growth of corporate power with major software producers like –, run by Bill Gates, and the media conglomerates run by – controlling a disproportionate amount of the market in their respective industries.