RI 1

Question 1

Identity

Answer 1

A collective set of characteristics by which a person/ group is definitively recognizable or known

Question 2

OPEC

Answer 2

Organization of the
Petroleum
Exporting
Countries

Question 3

Globalization

Answer 3

The process by which people of the world are becoming more and more interconnected and interdependent

Question 4

Transnational corporation

Answer 4

a Company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering it’s goods and services in more than one country

Question 5

Media concentration

Answer 5

The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations

Question 6

Media convergence

Answer 6

The use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers books TV and Internet

Question 7

Economies of scale

Answer 7

Savings that come from producing using and buying things in large quantities

Question 8

Biodiversity

Answer 8

Variety of plant and animal species

Question 9

Homogenization

Answer 9

The erasing of differences. When this term is applied to people it often refers to the erasing of cultural differences so that people become more and more similar

Question 10

Acculturation

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Accommodation

Answer 11

A process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. The customs traditions technologies beliefs and languages of both cultures may be affected

Question 12

Assimilation

Answer 12

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 majority culture

Question 13

Cultural revitalization

Answer 13

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

Question 14

WTO

Answer 14

World
Trade
Organization

Question 15

Digital divide

Answer 15

The gap that separates people who do and do not have access to up-to-date digital technology

Question 16

Propaganda

Answer 16

Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal

Question 17

Pop culture

Answer 17

A short form for popular culture which is the culture of the people. This term often refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media.

Question 18

Universalization

Answer 18

The spread of culture trends customs and practises around the world

Question 19

Hybridization

Answer 19

The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new

Question 20

Cultural content legislation

Answer 20

Laws passed by government to prevent a group’s cultural identity including its artist performers songs movies and literature from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture

Question 21

Cultural diversity

Answer 21

Variety in cultures and identities

Question 22

Language laws

Answer 22

Laws for languages?

Question 23

UNESCO

Answer 23

United
Nations of 
Educational,
Scientific, and
Cultural
Organization

Question 24

Context

Answer 24

Circumstances or surroundings

Question 24

Role model

Answer 24

Someone to whom others look as an example to emulate

Question 25

Collective

Answer 25

A group to which a person belongs and identifies with