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Southernization Fishbowl: Discussion Questions
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What is meant by Southernization, in contrast to Westernization?
What’s her thesis?
What kinds of conclusions can you draw about Maylay sailors, given where they sailed and how?
What goods and ideas first drove Southernization? Why do you think this was so?
Do you think Southern accomplishments really laid the foundation for Western power?
Given the article, do you think Arabs played an important role in Southernization?
Do you think Southernization produced the achievement of Song and Tang Dynasty China?
What do you think of the author’s characterization of the global South as “rich” in comparison with the
“poor” north? How is this different from what we see today?
9. Why is the global south poor today?
10. Why did India produce so many huge accomplishments?
Southernization Fishbowl: Discussion Questions
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What is meant by Southernization, in contrast to Westernization?
What’s her thesis?
What kinds of conclusions can you draw about Maylay sailors, given where they sailed and how?
What goods and ideas first drove Southernization? Why do you think this was so?
Do you think Southern accomplishments really laid the foundation for Western power?
Given the article, do you think Arabs played an important role in Southernization?
Do you think Southernization produced the achievement of Song and Tang Dynasty China?
What do you think of the author’s characterization of the global South as “rich” in comparison with the
“poor” north? How is this different from what we see today?
9. Why is the global south poor today?
10. Why did India produce so many huge accomplishments?
Southernization Fishbowl: Discussion Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is meant by Southernization, in contrast to Westernization?
What’s her thesis?
What kinds of conclusions can you draw about Maylay sailors, given where they sailed and how?
What goods and ideas first drove Southernization? Why do you think this was so?
Do you think Southern accomplishments really laid the foundation for Western power?
Given the article, do you think Arabs played an important role in Southernization?
Do you think Southernization produced the achievement of Song and Tang Dynasty China?
What do you think of the author’s characterization of the global South as “rich” in comparison with the
“poor” north? How is this different from what we see today?
9. Why is the global south poor today?
10. Why did India produce so many huge accomplishments?