Unit 1

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

How people around the world are becoming more interconnected and interdependent

Question 2

Aspects of globalization

Answer 2

Four:
Economic
Political
Cultural
Environmental

Question 3

Economic globalization

Answer 3

Economic activities such as trade, financial flow and transportation

Increasingly significant role of multinational corporations

Influence majority of the products you buys (eg. Clothes, electronics, food)

Question 4

Political globalization

Answer 4

The process where political decisions and actions, such as human rights, democracy, the rights of workers, are becoming more similar

This is the legal and political negotiations between governments

Embassies around the world allow countries to have open communication to maintain connections

Eg. Countries in the EU have agreed to share similar laws, currency and allow citizens to move between borders

Another eg. Canada, Mexico and US have an agreement to freely trade certain products between them - USMCA

Citizens can also take action in response to world events through: protests, supporting political organizations and charity work

Question 5

Social globalization

Answer 5

The transmission of cultures, ideas and values around the world

This process occurs through the internet, pop culture, international travel and migration

Question 6

Environmental globalization

Answer 6

The global effect of human activity on the environment, and the effects of global environmental changes on people

Effect of economic development and trade causes the destruction of habitat and natural resources —> causes more disasters

Question 7

Forces of globalization

Answer 7

Four:
Communication
Trade
Transportation
Media

Question 8

Communication

Answer 8

New communication devices have revolutionized the speed and distance that ideas can be communicated

Question 9

Trade

Answer 9

Movement of goods, services and ideas has widely expanded

Trade because:
Not available in their own region
Better quality or less expensive
Different from products produced at home

Question 10

Transportation

Answer 10

The variety and efficiency of transport has increased

Some important inventions:
Shipping containers
Air travel
Refrigeration

Question 11

Media

Answer 11

New tech makes much more media and information spread around the world, with a lot more variety too

However, it’s increasingly more concentrated in the hands of a few people

Question 12

Transnational corporations

Answer 12

Companies based in one country while developing, delivering, manufacturing and selling products in more than one country

They are creating and influencing the music, movies, television and generally entertainment that we watch and listen to

Also consolidating other aspects of our identity such as what we eat and the way we dress

Question 13

Media concentration

Answer 13

Concentration of media companies in fewer hands (monopolies)

Question 14

Media convergence

Answer 14

Use of tech to integrate media such as newspapers, books, tv and internet

Question 15

Individual identity

Answer 15

A subjective sense of self based on personal characteristics

Question 16

Collective identity

Answer 16

A way to recognize your identity in relation to others and the outside world

Question 17

Universalization of pop culture

Answer 17

The spread of popular music, ideas, dance and other social forms around the world to create a single monoculture

Eg. K-pop, Sesame Street, McDonalds

Sometimes called Americanization

Question 18

Hybridization

Answer 18

The combining of elements of two or more cultures to create something new

Eg. Metis, fusion food

Question 19

Diversification

Answer 19

Increase of different cultures within one area. Directly opposes the concept of monoculture or melting pot

Sometimes called pluralism

Question 20

Accommodation

Answer 20

As people learn about different cultures they come to accept and create space for one another

Eg. Baltej Singh Dhillon vs RCMP (1989-1990)

Question 21

Acculturation

Answer 21

Cultural changes that occur when cultures adapt and borrow from one another’s culture

Question 22

Cultural revitalization

Answer 22

When a group works to revive or ensure that their culture is a major part of their people’s identity

Question 23

Integration

Answer 23

The bringing together of smaller groups to make a larger equal society

Can occur through a society becoming more accepting of it’s different parts and through individuals adapting to their society

Question 24

Homogenization

Answer 24

The erasing of cultural differences as people become more and more similar

Question 25

Assimilation

Answer 25

The loss or absorption of one cultural group when put into contact with another

Question 26

Marginalization

Answer 26

When a subgroup of people feel excluded from society. They are treated with inequality when compared to the rest of society.

Question 27

Affirming and promoting identity

Answer 27

To assert or declare your identity as true

Individuals: through language and traditions (dance, name, etc.), or learning about their culture (Chinese school, etc.), or creating specific news, cultural and language websites and social media

Gov: through specific laws and regulations (CRTC, CBC, language laws)

Eg. A museum exhibit by the cultural group

Another eg. Returning artifacts from museum to cultural group they were stolen from

Question 28

CRTC

Answer 28

Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission

Created in 1968

Independent body that reports to the gov

Controls what is shown on television (cable not Netflix or Disney) and radio to ensure the content is Canadian

Question 29

Bill 101

Answer 29

Created in 1977

Mandates all commercial signs are in French and all schooling is in French unless you went to an English school in Quebec

Question 30

Bill 21

Answer 30

Attempt to secularize Quebec society by preventing individuals from wearing religious symbols when working in government