Globalization Challenges
This is the process where cultures become more similar due to globalization.
What is cultural homogenization?
This is when newcomers are supported in adjusting to a new society, typically by the local government.
What is accommodation?
The movement of people from one place to another. Our analogy in class was geese flying south for winter.
What is migration?
The beliefs, values, and traditions that define a person or group.
What is identity?
Is globalization always beneficial? (Explain briefly)
What is No, it has both positive and negative effects...? (at the discretion of the teacher)
This process involves a group losing its culture and adopting a dominant one.
What is assimilation?
This is when people become part of a society while keeping their culture.
What is integration?
The growth of cities as people move into them.
What is urbanization?
Reinvigorating and strengthening a culture using modern tools.
What is cultural revitalization?
Does globalization strengthen identity? (Explain briefly)
What is It can both strengthen and weaken identity by...? (at the discretion of the teacher)
This challenge occurs when languages disappear due to global influence.
What is language loss?
This is adapting to a new culture while still maintaining your original identity.
What is acculturation?
The primary reason people migrate to cities.
What is job opportunities (or better living conditions)?
This Canadian group affirms their identity through actions like language protection and music creation.
Who are Francophones?
Should people adapt to global culture? (Explain briefly)
What is It depends on the situation; balance is needed to ensure prosperity and maintain distinct cultural identities...? (at the discretion of the teacher)
A singular, popular culture that results from homogenization.
What is monoculture?
These are businesses owned jointly by their members, who share the profits equally that have been utilized by the Quechuan women of the Andes.
What are Co-operatives?
A service cities provide to help newcomers succeed.
What are settlement services (e.g., language classes, housing help)?
Why language is important to identity.
What is language is an integral part of both language and identity? (at the discretion of the teacher)
Why is diversity important in society?
What is Diversity promotes understanding, innovation, and inclusion? (at the discretion of the teacher)
This group in Canada has faced identity challenges due to globalization and colonization.
Who are Indigenous peoples?
This section of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is an example of a law enshrined to affirm the culture and identity of official language groups, giving parents the right to have their children educated in their first language, if it is either French or English, anywhere in Canada.
What is Section 23?
How living in a diverse city can influence identity.
What is exposure to diversity shaping identity? (discretion left to teacher)
Different ways that culture can be revitalized.
What are traditions, language, identity, and the arts?
To what extent should globalization shape identity?
What is Globalization should influence identity to a moderate extent because... (balanced response)? (at the discretion of the teacher)