This document discusses cultural globalization and the global expansion of McDonald's. It defines culture as customs, lifestyles, and spiritual wealth created by people such as literature, art, and science. Cultural globalization involves the global distribution of cultural products and the spread of ideas like democracy and human rights. The text then describes how McDonald's has over 30,000 restaurants on six continents, opening 1,850 new locations each year. It outlines the founding of McDonald's in 1955 and its expansion internationally starting in 1967 in Canada and over time in locations like Hong Kong, Sweden, Italy, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, and China.