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Key Terms
Case Studies
Dimensions
Main Forces
Language and Culture
100
Differing from one another.
What is Diversity?
100
This has led to the establishment of the WTO. The workers have been underpaid and work in harsh conditions.
What is the Banana Trade?
100
For example, Facebook.
What is an example of a social dimension? *Bonus Question*
100
The amount of media around you, may all come from different publishing houses, but are all informing you about the same concept, and all media is owned by a few people.
How do the 3 M's connect?
100
Sesame Street, a global corporation, has been dubbed into many languages and is broadcasted all over the world.
What is an example of hybridization?
200
When different cultures and groups all become one, there will be no variety.
What is Cultural Homogenization?
200
This organization has taken the initiative to build and sell a laptop - called 2B1 - for under $150.
What is One Laptop Per Child?
200
Some people believe that technology increases connections among people, others argue that it actually promotes social isolation by encouraging people to become "High Tech hermits".
What is Techno-Isolation?
200
Refer to the Cartoon*
How much control transnational corporations have over the universe?
200
When Mr.Craig was in university, he walked by a group of Asians and they quickly began talking in their own language.
What is an example of the term "language is identity"?
300
Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal.
What is Propaganda?
300
Two nations came together and formed a hybrid.
What is origination of the Metis?
300
About 150 countries, including Canada, Britain, U.S, and France.
How many countries belonged to the WTO?
300
This program enables students to participate with scientists in live, interactive, and realtime webcasts.
What is the NASA Quest?
300
This language is mandatory in international air travel and commercial shipping labour force.
What is the dominance of english?
400
A person who studies languages and keeps track of the amount of languages.
What is a Linguist?
400
After hearing about the tsunami in South-East Asia on December 26,2004 - Many people began to forget about this. But she could not forget about the tsunami, and set up a concert, raising over $600,000 for the survivors.
What are Aysha Wills' feeling about the tsunami?
400
About 60% of the country's rainforest has been cut down to clear land, and about 18% of the tree species in that country may disappear.
How had the Banana Trade negatively affect the environment?
400
Low transport cost made it economically affordable, and helped maximize profits.
How has the container revolution sped up the globalizing process?
400
"This totem pole represents so much more than a monument; it is symbolic of our integrity, our fortitude and our identity as a nation."
How does the G'psgolox pole represent the Haisla nation?
500
A group of closely related languages.
What is dialect?
500
A group of people who have lost their land and way of life and have been fighting for more than 100 years to take it back.
Who are Lubicon Cree?
500
Transnational corporations take advantage of low prices to maximize profit.
What enables transnational corporations to take advantage of economies of scale?
500
Refer to the Cartoon*
How are transnational corporations controlling the world?
500
Was the last person the speak Ubykh.
Who is Tevfik Esenc? *Bonus Question*