After reading all the scenarios mentioned in the image, please answer the following:

• What themes are interwoven through the fabric of all of these scenarios?
• What common factors and forces shape the world that these scenarios describe?
• How are economic, political, and cultural globalization interconnected?
• What are some of the positive effects of globalization?
• What are some of the consequences of globalization?

Scenario One: In the hallway of a university in Southern California, three students-Hamza, an international student from Morocco; Cathy, who came to the United States four years ago from France; and Immaculee from Rwanda, who immigrated 17 years ago-spend the 15-minute break during their intercultural communication class speaking with each other in French, relishing in the comfort that speaking g a language of "home" offers and forming an intercultural relationship, however tem temporary transitory. Why would they all speak French? y and t Scenario Two: In the fall of 2018, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement t (USMCA) was signed by all three countries. USMCA, promoted by President Trump, is a revised and rebranded version of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In the 2019 State of the Union address, President Trump urged Congress to approve the USMCA, which he which he argued must must replace "the catastrophe known as NAFTA" and "deliver for American workers like they have not had delivered to for a long time" (Kirby, 2019). Yet an independent government report issued by the International Trade Commission challenged the president's claims, concluding that USMCA, the revised agreement "will offer modest benefits to the economy" (Swanson, 2019). What impact do trade agreements like USMCA have on you as a consumer? Who benefits? consument Scenario Three: Which movie star is wealthier than Tom Cruise, George Clooney, or Johnny Depp? Many automatically think of a U.S. star, but the answer is Shah Rukh Khan, India's most successful actor also known as "King Khan" and the "King of Bollywood." Indian cinema is the largest film industry in the world with an annual production of nearly 2,000 films. Mumbai's (Bombay) Hindi language film industry, Bollywood, is now a global phenomenon, where Shah Rukh Khan holds center stage. "He has a total of 279 awards in his lifetime career, including national and international awards. The French government has awarded him with three honours. His fans on social media are aplenty. The entire Bollywood salutes him" (Ashraf, 2019). Outside of Indian American communities, why are so few in the United States aware of this superstar? Scenario Four: On March 19, 2019, over a million students from countries around the world-Europe, Africa, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and South and North America-marched to protest government inaction on climate change. In over 2,000 protests in 125 countries, students expressed frustration and anger that adults have not acted to address the impending climate change disaster. A manifesto from the United Kingdom Climate Change Network states, We're young, we're students, and we're calling for change. Our movement started in February [2019], when tens of thousands of young people took to the streets in towns and cities around Britain, in an unprecedented emergence of a youth climate justice movement. We've joined a movement that is spreading rapidly around the world. (Glenza, Evans, & Zhou, 2019) Scenario Five: Filipina American Grace Ebron recalls, "I arrive at the Rome Airport, thrilled at the notion of living in Italy. As I step out of the customs hall, I immediately see my boyfriend, waiting to meet me. His parents, whom I've never met, are with him and as I turn to them with my perfectly rehearsed Italian greeting, they appear very confused. 'No-no' they stammer, a perplexed expression on their faces. They turn to Massimo: "But where is your girlfriend-the American? Why did she send the maid?"" (Ebron, 2002). What themes are interwoven through the fabric of all of these scenarios? Without erasing the obvious and more subtle differences between the situations, what common factors and forces shape the world that these scenarios describe? Hamza, Cathy, and Immaculee made personal journeys from different parts of the globe to the United States and found themselves relating to each other through a common language and connected to each other through a history of colonization. Through worldwide distribution of Hindi films, numerous websites, and social media, fans from around the world can stay up to date on Shah Rukh Khan's latest public appearances and movies. Supported b by rapid communication and transportation technologies, free-trade agreements like USMCA, the revised and rebranded NAFTA, create favorable conditions for corporations to trade goods, exchange intellectual property, and make profits. The youth climate justice movement was catalyzed by Greta Thunberg, a 16- year-old Swedish high school student who protested outside the Swedish Parliament demanding that the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions in accordance with