Globalization refers to the international exchange of ideas, products, and cultures. There is something going both ways when we talk about globalization. Globalization is a much more equal exchange of cultures than colonialism was. Colonialism is basically just taking one culture, and transplanting it into a new location with little regard for preserving the culture and lifestyle of the native people. Only one group is benefitting when it comes to colonialism, where as the people who are being colonized are losing their original identity completely. With globalization you do see cultures change, but the changes are most often due to elements of other cultures being incorporated into your culture as opposed to forcing a foreign culture on a group of people as a replacement for the one they already had.