Chapter 1 Flashcards
What are examples of globalization?
Social, Economic, and Political
What is globalization?
the process that is making the world citizens increasingly interdependent economically, politically, socially environmentally, and technologically
What is a pluralistic society?
A society in which a diversity of languages beliefs traditions values religions and other aspects of culture are embedded as a part of the foundations of the country; society that respects and values the individual and collective opinions and identities of other people
What are transnationals?
Corporations that operate in two or more countries
What is a society?
A group of people who farm and ordered community centered of kinship and ideology, a religion, or a particular world view
What is the “the global village”?
The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s that the entire world and its inhabitants are becoming one large community interconnected by technology, particularly television
What is the Group of Eight(G-8) and examples?
And informal group of eight major industries
eg: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom(UK), and the United States(US)
What is the NATO?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
