Final

Question 1

Universalization of pop culture

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The spread of culture, trends, customs and practices around the world.

Question 2

Empathy

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Ability to udnersatand and share the feeling of another

Question 3

Apathy

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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Hybridization

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refers to the process of cultural and ethnic mixing to produce new or ‘creole’ forms. … For example, having close friends in other groups, being invited to religious celebrations and festivals, or by just observing family life

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Acculturation

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The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other’s world views

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Accommodation

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A process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create spaces for one another

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Cultural revitalization

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The process of affirming and promotion people’s individual and collective cultural identity

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Integration

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The bringing of people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association

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Assimilation

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A process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture

Question 10

Americanization

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to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the U.S

Question 11

Marginalization

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When someone is pushed to the edge of a group and accorded lesser importance

Question 12

Ethnocentrism

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A way of thinking that centers around one’s own race and culture, where you believe your worldview is the only valid one

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Homogenization

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The erasing of cultural differences so that peoples become more and more similar

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Disparity

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Disparityis the condition of being unequal, and adisparityis a noticeable difference.Disparityusually refers to a difference that is unfair: economicdisparitiesexist among ethnic groups, there is adisparitybetween what men and women earn in the same job

Question 15

CRTC

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Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications

Question 16

Bill 101

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Charter of the French Language defining French as the official language of the province of Quebec

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Imperialism

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One country’s domination over another country’s economic, political and cultural institutions

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Eurocentrism

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A form of ethnocentrism that uses European ethnic, national, religious and linguistic criteria to judge other peoples and their cultures

Question 19

Mercantilism

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A policy followed by European imperial powers from the 16th to the 19th century. In colonies, trade was strictly controlled to benefit the economy of the imperial power

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Capitalism

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An economic system that advocates free trade, competition, and choice as a means of achieving prosperity

Question 21

Industrial Revolution

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The period between about 1750 and 1850, when work became mechanized and began to occur in factories.

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Socialism

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an economic system where the ways of making a living (factories, offices, etc.)areowned by a society as a whole,meaningthe value made belongs to everyone in that society, instead of a group of private owners

Question 23

Communism

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An economic and political system whose purpose is to eliminate class distinctions. Everyone would work for the benefit of all and would receive help as he or she needs it

Question 24

Apartheid (South Africa)

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An Afrikaans word that refers to a policy of segregating and discriminating against non-whites in South Africa

Question 25

TNC

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acompany that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country

Question 26

Trade Bloc

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intergovernmental agreement, often part of a regional intergovernmental organization, where barriers totrade(tariffs and others) are reduced or eliminated

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Trade Liberalization

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removal or reduction of restrictions or barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations

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Free Trade

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the trade that occurs when two or more countries eliminate tariffs and taxes on the goods and services they trade with one another

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Privatization

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The selling of a public service, such as electricity, delivery or health care, to a private company so that the service is no longer owned by the government

Question 30

Outsourcing

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A business strategy that involves reducing costs by using suppliers of products and services in countries where labour is cheaper and government regulation may be less strict

Question 31

Free Zones

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Free trade zones

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Interdependence

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Mutual dependence between things

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Sustainable Development

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Development that meets people’s needs in the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Question 34

Cash Crops

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a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

Question 35

Quality of Life

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the general well-being of individuals and societies, outlining negative and positive features oflife. It observeslifesatisfaction, including everything from physical health, family, education, employment, wealth, safety, security to freedom, religious beliefs, and the environment

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Human Rights

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a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person

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Foreign Aid

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Money, supplies, and other goods, as well as expertise, given by one country to another

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Migration

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seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

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Immigration

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coming to live permanently in a foreign country

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Emigration

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leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another

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Pandemics

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worldwide spread of a new disease

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NGOs

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An organization established by groups of people to work toward specific goals and to gain public support in achieving these goals.

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CIDA

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The Canadian International Development Agency – administered foreign aid programs in developing countries

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Gross Domestic Product

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The value of all the goods and services a country produces in a year. Often used to measure the strength of a country’s economy

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Secularization

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the historical process in which religion losessocialand cultural significance

Question 46

IMF

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International Monetary Fund