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Globalization
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the act of the diminishing of boarders and the begining of a fully interdependent society
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Cultural globalization
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the merging of cultures as well as adaptation by other cultures to help minority cultures feel confotable
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Economic Globalization
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Where every state's economy depends on other states as well as trade with other states as well as the ability to pass things that certain states can do well and import them and export what you do well
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Culture
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A certain set of beliefs that people share that make them all have common threads and usually common histories
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compare and constrast values and beliefs
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compare: they bother direct your actions, follow both in what you do
contrast: value is something that you with hold and a belief is something you believe in |
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example of belief
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your philosophy, viewpoint, attitude
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example of value
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ethics, morals, standards, ideals
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Characteristics of a culture
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Usually a common language, usually common or simular land beginins, having a common religion,
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Characteristics of Canadian Culture
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Officially bilingual and bicultural, non-officially multicultural and multilingual, manny different identities
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Dualism
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Having two main cultures within one state/nation
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The Quebec Act (1774)
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Gave Quebec more land and more control over the people within their boarders as well as a deperate culture
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The Official Languages Act
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made French Required by government run orginizations as well as institutions required by people
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Outlined all of the rights and freedoms that all people within Canadian boarders recive
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Immigration
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The act of landing within a state with the intent of settling permanently
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Emigration
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The act of leaving your homeland permanetly
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Examples of Push-pull
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Push: persicution, natural disasters, famine, lack of sutable living conditions
Pull: economic stability, safty, land, the ability to make a life |
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Accommodation
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changing current ideas and ways of living to meet new cultures half way
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Integration
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Where a group willingly joining a different culture while loosing or loosening their grasp on their previous culture
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assimilation
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forcing a new culture to change their ways and integrate into the new culture
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Marginalization
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making other cultures less important through the seperation of people from simular cultres as well as dissalowing certain activites from happening
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Japanese-canadians during WWII
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Internment to protect the shoreling 100mi space named "jap free zone" against the ocean and BC greatly marginalized the japanese people
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quiet revolution
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a whole overhaul of Quebec's schooling system and other parts of the province
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Expo 67
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100th anniversary of Canada over 50million people atteneded 60 countries had palvions French President made a speech about liberlaizing Quebec which did not go over well
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FLQ
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The front de libération du Québec a terrorist group who captured civilians and killed one which sparked the war measures act
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war measures act
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alowed the government of Quebec to arrest people without warrents in an attempt to stop the FLQ
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the Parti Quebecois
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The sepertist party within Quebec that has the majority of the Quebec population on its side and that almost caused Quebec to seperate
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Rene Levesque
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a minister in the government of Quebec and the founder of the Parti Quebecois
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Sovereignty Clause
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the government providing some form of appreciation or acknowledgement of their soverignty
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Bill 101
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made French the official language of Quebec and the official language in state courts in Quebec
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BNA Act
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recognized Canada as an official country with power over federal aggairs
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The Chaarter of Rights and Freedom
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A part of the constitution that regards the Rights and Freedoms
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Freedoms vs Rights
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Rights can be taken away from you where freedoms cannot be easily taken away from you
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The constitutional acts
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Created Canada and recognized four provinces as part of Canada
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Distinct Society
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Being distinct within an area of people of majority
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The Quebecois "nation"
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This is where the Quebecois are attempting to make themselves known as a nation
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Ellis Island
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The first fourm of customs and if you were diseased you were turned away
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Global interdependence
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Where no state or set of states can do anything without restrictions from other states and the reliance on other countries
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