Question

Many identify increased globalization as a main factor that led to the economic resurgence seen in the 1990s. Although globalization has been an important part of international commerce since the Columbian Exchange between the Old and New Worlds beginning in the 1500s, the globalization of the late twentieth century is unique in many ways. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing the response to globalization at the World Trade Organization conference in Seattle in 1999.

Answer 1

The response of many people in Seattle at the World Trade Organization conference of 1991 was overwhelmingly negative.

Many anti-globalization groups met there to protest, and the protests soon erupted into riots.

Among the groups protestings were: enviromentalists, conservationists, trade unions, socialists and communist parties, and citizens who opposed globalization.

The World Trade Organization was seen by those groups of people as a too powerful tool that was bringing globalization to countries without necessarily having the consent of the people.