Final Exam Review Booklet

Question 1

Cosmopolitan

Answer 1

Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

Question 2

Retail Operation

Answer 2

• A field that studies all mechanisms to keep the store functioning well.
• It includes a broad spectrum of activities, from people management to the supply chain, store layout, cash operations, physical inventory, master data management, offers and pricing etc

Question 3

Secularism

Answer 3

The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions.

Question 4

Integrate

Answer 4

Combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole

Question 5

APTN

Answer 5

Aboriginal People Television Network. A TV network dedicated to sharing aboriginal culture. They focus on telling aboriginal stories. They also are in a wide variety of indigenous languages along with English and French

Question 6

Co-operative

Answer 6

A farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.

Question 7

CRTC

Answer 7

A public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications

Question 8

MEdia

Answer 8

the main means of mass communication

Question 9

Global Village

Answer 9

the world considered as a single community linked by telecommunications.

Question 10

CBC/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Answer 10

A Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television

Question 11

Monoculture

Answer 11

the cultivation of a single crop in a given area

Question 12

Pluralistic Society

Answer 12

A diverse society, where the people in it believe all kinds of different things and tolerate each other’s beliefs even when they don’t match their own.

Question 13

Intermarriage

Answer 13

Marriage between people of different races, castes, or religions.

Question 14

Metropolis

Answer 14

a very large and densely populated industrial and commercial city.

Question 15

Cultural Contact

Answer 15

The occurrence of two or more cultures coming into contact with each through conquest, immigration, mass media, trade, or travel.

Question 16

Paternalistic

Answer 16

Characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest.

Question 17

Free Market

Answer 17

An economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

Question 18

Redress

Answer 18

remedy or set right

Question 19

Entrepreneur

Answer 19

a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses

Question 20

Subsidy

Answer 20

a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low

Question 21

Exploitation

Answer 21

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

Question 22

Canadiens

Answer 22

a Canadian whose first language is French

Question 23

Industrialization

Answer 23

the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

Question 24

Cottage Industry

Answer 24

an industry whose labour force consists of family units or individuals working at home with their own equipment

Question 25

Sphere of influence

Answer 25

A country or area in which another country has the power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.

Question 26

Protectorate

Answer 26

a state that is controlled and protected by another.

Question 27

International Money Markets

Answer 27

a market where international currency transactions between numerous central banks of countries are carried on

Question 28

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

Answer 28

a federal Canadian organization that administered foreign aid programs in developing countries

Question 29

Arable Land

Answer 29

land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops

Question 30

Recession

Answer 30

A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced

Question 31

A centrally planned economy

Answer 31

an economic system in which the state or government makes economic decisions rather than the these being made by the interaction between consumers and businesses. … State-owned enterprises undertake the production of goods and services.

Question 32

Crown Corporation

Answer 32

Crown corporations are wholly owned federal or provincial organizations structured like private or independent companies ex. Canada Post

Question 33

Deregulation

Answer 33

the process of removing or reducing state regulations

Question 34

Inflation

Answer 34

The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling

Question 35

Totalitarianism

Answer 35

a political concept where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to control every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.

Question 36

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Answer 36

an intergovernmental economic organisation with 37 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade

Question 37

Economic Nationalism

Answer 37

refers to an ideology that favors state interventionism in the economy

Question 38

Nationalize

Answer 38

transfer from private to state ownership or control

Question 39

G8

Answer 39

A bunch of countries that meet and do stuff. Like US and Canada and Japan and whatevs

Question 40

Referendum

Answer 40

a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about or decide an important political or social question

Question 41

Green Revolution

Answer 41

Refers to technologies that helped to foster agriculture

Question 42

Plebiscite

Answer 42

a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler

Question 43

Dissenting

Answer 43

Opinioons that are differnt from everybody else

Question 44

Employment Equity

Answer 44

requires federal jurisdiction employers to engage in proactive employment practices to increase the representation of four designated groups: women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, and visible minorities.