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Overall Globalization Themes
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Characteristics about yourself like: what neighbourhood you grew up in, what kind of music you listen to, aspects of your appearance, languages you speak, your interests
What is...an example of individual identity
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A form of ethnocentrism that uses European ethnic, national, religious, and linguistic criteria to judge other peoples and their cultures.
What is... Eurocentrism?
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This economist believes unrestricted capitalism is dangerous and can lead to devastating results.
Who is... John Maynard Keynes
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The social, economic and political differences that separate men and women
What is... The Gender Gap
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Another term for "Homogenization" that showcases one country's cultural dominance on a global scale.
What is... Americanization
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The gap between those with access to up-to-date digital technology and those who do not.
What is... the Digital Divide
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The formal meeting that started the Scramble for Africa.
What is... The Berlin Conference, 1884
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Three economic institutions that were formed at the Bretton Woods Conference
What is... GATT, World Bank and the IMF
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The difference between people's need for innovative solutions to problems and the ability to come up with these solutions.
What is... The Ingenuity Gap.
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Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal. Most famously, a political goal. Give an example.
What is... propaganda. The Nazi's anti-Jewish propaganda, Rwandan Hate Radio, Canadian anti- Japanese signs and advertisements during WWII.
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The spread of one popular culture around the world. Also Give one example
What is...Universalization of Popular Culture - Hollywood is popular worldwide
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The need for land and resources, to spread Christianity, increased trade and access to new goods, cultural capital and to spread European values, power and prestige , availability of increased naval technology
What is...push factors that motivated Europeans to start exploring and colonizing other areas of the world.
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factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products back to the country of that company.
What is... Maquilladora
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In the era of globalization, _____________ have often been under attack. In many countries, the power of ______________ has been undermined by the perceived need for national economies to be lean and competitive. Membership has sharply fallen.
What is... unions
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A non-indigenous person wearing a headdress at a festival is an example of...
What is...cultural appropriation.
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The mixing of cultures and identities to form something new. Give an example.
What is... Hybridization - Bollywood -Korean Hip Hop
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Two colonial powers that can be partially held responsible for the Rwandan Genocide and why?
What is... Germany and Belgium. The Europeans thought the Tutsi had more European characteristics: lighter skin, smaller noses and a taller build and consequently favoured them by giving them better land, jobs and opportunities.
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Measured by: Longevity, Knowledge and Standard of Living
What is... Human Development Index
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Everyone, in theory, is granted the same rights by this treaty because they are human beings.
What is The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
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Enabling all human beings to live with their basic needs met, with their dignity acknowledged, and with abundant opportunity to pursue lives of satisfaction and happiness, all without risk of denying others in the present and the future the ability to do the same.
What is sustainable prosperity
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How does legally Canada affirm and promote our national culture and language?
What is... CRTC. Canada has passed cultural content laws to promote Canadian culture. Thirty per cent of music played by Canadian radio stations and 60 percent of programming on Canadian TV stations must be Canadian
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Those who went to residential schools were abused in countless ways. Since they were raised in an abusive environment, many of them did not formally deal with that abuse and were never taught how to love or take care of their own children. Many survivors turned to alcohol and drugs to cope with their feelings and memories. This has a toll on former students children and the painful cycle continues.
What is... intergenerational trauma.
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October 29, 1929
What is... Black Tuesday
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Protesters say that international bodies such as the ______________ and ____________ have done a great deal to protect investors but little to protect workers and only serve the West, not the rest.
What is The World Bank and the IMF
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The process of affirming and promoting individual and collective cultural identity. Give an example of a Canadian cultural group that has done this.
What is cultural revitalization. The Métis.