Explain the role of immigration/emigration, trade, and technology, including communication and transportation systems, in the process of globalization. identify potentially positive and negative effects of modern globalization.

Globalization is the integration of people, organization and governments of different nations. This process is driven by international trade ( that increases economic interdependence of national economies), emigration and immigration of people in different countries - (hence transmission of ideas, meanings, and values around the world), and communication between people across the globe.

A merit of globalization is that it enables poor societies to gain advanced technologies and information that would help improve their living standards. A demerit of globalization is that it results to dissolution of rare indigenous cultures by the dominant cultures hence reduce global diversity.