Unit 1-3

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

process that making the world’s citizens increasingly interdependent

Question 2

Interdependence

Answer 2

growing mutual dependence among peoples, socially, politically, and economically

Question 3

Pluralistic Society

Answer 3

society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country ; society that respects and values the individual and collective identities of all people

Question 4

Individual Identity

Answer 4

traits that make up a person’s sense of individuality

Question 5

Collective Identity

Answer 5

combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people

Question 6

Minority Language

Answer 6

language spoken by a minority of people in a country

Question 7

Transnationals

Answer 7

corporations that operate in two or more countries

Question 8

Media Transnational

Answer 8

mass media corporation that produces television programs, films, music books, and so on in two or more countries

Question 9

Universalizaton

Answer 9

spread of culture, trends, customs, and practices around the world. Results in the disappearance of unique cultures and the development of a universal or world culture

Question 10

Homogenization

Answer 10

trend towards uniformity, as with world popular cultures as a result of globalization

Question 11

Hybridization

Answer 11

blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption

Question 12

Popular Culture

Answer 12

cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people

Question 13

Private Broadcaster

Answer 13

broadcaster that gets its money from advertising as a result, broadcasts popular culture

Question 14

Public Broadcaster

Answer 14

broadcaster that is mandated to promote Canadian culture and as a result, often receives funding from the government

Question 15

Assimilation

Answer 15

absorption of a minority group by a dominant group

Question 16

Acculturation

Answer 16

change as a result of contact with other cultural groups

Question 17

Cultural Appropriation

Answer 17

The inclusion and absorption of cultural elements from one (minority) culture into another (dominant) culture

Question 18

Cultural Revitalization

Answer 18

process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity

Question 19

Culture

Answer 19

enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

Question 20

Identity

Answer 20

Beliefs, values, hobbies, likes, dislikes, apperance

Question 21

Cultural Exchange

Answer 21

process by which different cultures share ideas and ways of doing things

Question 22

Social Globalization

Answer 22

process by which people’s lifestyles- (customs, fashions, art forms, languages, traditions, and social norms) are spread over global networks

Question 23

Technological Globalization

Answer 23

process of cross-cultural development and exchange of technology

Question 24

Economic Globalization

Answer 24

increasing integration and interdependence of national economies around the world including an increased interdependence on other countries for goods and services

Question 25

Environmental Globalization

Answer 25

interactions that have cause international environmental problems and the interdependence of countries to work together to solve those problems

Question 26

Political Globalization

Answer 26

process by which political decisions and actions are becoming increasingly international. (includes the spread of political ideas and system)

Question 27

Official Bilingualism

Answer 27

official government policy under which a country or province recognizes two official languages

Question 28

Bill 101

Answer 28

French the only official language in the Province of Quebec

Question 29

CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)

Answer 29

public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media