Unit 1
Globalization
A process making the world more interconnected, with growing worldwide scope in economic, social, political, and environmental dimensions
Cultural contact
– Interaction between different cultures and its impacts
Transnational cooperations
Corporations operating in multiple countries
International agreements
NAFTA- North amaracn free trade agreement
USMCA- United States Mexico Canada agreement
NATO- international organization
Absorption of minority group into a dominant culture
Individual/collective identity
Unique traits, beliefs, personality, expressions that define a person .
Shared sense of belonging among a group (culture, language, traditions) .
Industrialization
Process of moving from a farming society to a manufacturing society
Transatlantic slave trade
14-1800
10+ million Africans are slave
Trade liberalization
Processes of reducing barriers to trade, making it easy for nations to trade with eachother
Cultural change or adaptation resulting from contact between groups
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Globalization and Identity
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Historical Globalization & Colonial Legacies
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Economic & Environmental Impacts
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Citizenship & Civic Responses
Hybridization –
The blending and mixing of cultures, ideas, or media forms
Universalization of pop culture
Global spread and uniformity of media and entertainment .
mercantilism
Economic system, dependent on trading raw resources
Selling to mother country
company hires another company (often in a different country) to do work for them, usually because it’s cheaper or more efficient.
what is an activist
someone who takes action to bring about social, political, environmental, or economic change.
Hybridization
The blending and mixing of cultures, ideas, or media forms .
Capitalism
Private ownership of good and services
Adam smith is the daddy of capitalism
Supply and demand
Breton woods agreement
After wolf war two, leaders came together to fix the economy.
They made world bank and International Monetary Fund (imf)
Quality of life & human rights
How well Somone perceives their life, according to their health, education, and dignity