| A | B |
| global integration | interdependency among the countries of the world, especialy within financial markets and telecommunications |
| telecommunications | long-distance electronic communication |
| direct foreign investment | evidence of the global integration of the American economy |
| multinationals | a firm that simply does business in many countries and has offices and factories in many countries around the world |
| foreign affiliates | branches of multinationals' firms |
| allegiances | loyalties |
| alliances | joint ventures formed by firms in different countries; often between firms from industrialized countries |
| tolerance | a fair, objective, and permissive attitutde toward the opinions, practices, religions, races, and nationalities of others that differ from one's own |