Part 1 1. http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/country/map.html 2. McDonald's locations are grouped into 5 World regions a. Middle East and Africa b. Asia Pacific C. Latin America d. North America 3. e....

Part 1 1. http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/country/map.html 2. McDonald's locations are grouped into 5 World regions a. Middle East and Africa b. Asia Pacific C. Latin America d. North America 3. e. Europe On the blank map of the World (posted in Blackboard separate) and using a colored pencil, shade in all countries that have a McDonald's location in all world regions. Be sure to scan and upload this with your assignment. To submit this, you will need to scan it and upload it as part of your assignment Part 2 4. Select one country from one of the regions. If you choose North America your country can only be Canada! 5. How many cities in that country have McDonald's locations? 6. Compare the items on a menu in your selected country to the menu at your local McDonald's. a. List items that aren't on your local menu. b. List items that appear on both menus. 7. Write a paragraph explaining the differences. Among the foods that are different, explain why some of these sound appealing and why some sound unappealing. Do some of the items on the menu in the other country sound like they come from a different culture or the blending of more than one culture? 8. Refer back to chapter 1 and the passages on globalization. Write a paragraph in which you take your own position about whether the cultures should remain separate or whether the blending of more than one culture sounds acceptable. What are the risks and benefits (bad and good) associated with keeping aspects of cultures (for example foods) separate or blended. 9. Compare the cost of two items found on both menus. E.g. what is the cost of l) a hamburger ii) small fries in the local currency of your selected country? What is the cost of two items in the Bronx or Westchester? 10. What is the US$ equivalent of the costs of the foods selected in 9 compared to the costs in the Bronx? Use an online foreign currency converter. Offer an explanation as to why there is a difference in the cost of food items in both countries. 11. Go back, again, to the section in Finlayson on globalization in chapter 1. What are three of your takeaways or lessons learned about globalization from completing this food exercise? What have you learned about the nature of globalization? 12. Speak to the issue of whether globalization is positive or negative based on the lessons learned in this assignment.