Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Give three examples of forces that have increased globalization include? |
Trade, transportation, communication technology, international media |
|
|
What does the word "glocal" mean? |
A new word that expresses how things can happen at a global level like international trade and how it affects things at a local level like what you can purchase at stores. |
|
|
What is a transnational corporation? |
Aka a multinational corporation. It is a company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing products or delivering its goods and services in more than one country. E,g. Wendy's, Walmart, Tim Hortons |
|
|
What is a positive and negative of transnational corporations with globalization? |
+ provides training and jobs for people who might otherwise not have work - jobs are often low level requiring little skill with little potential for advancement (a McJob) - profits go to the corporations country not to the people of the country where they are in |
|
|
What were two major developments in transportation that increased the forces of globalization? |
The development of shipping containers and passenger jets. |
|
|
What is the difference between media concentration and media convergence? |
Concentration refers to a trend that concentrates ownership of newspapers and other media by a few large corporations.
Convergence refers to the use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and the Internet. It enables print and broadcast media to work together to develop content for their websites. |
|
|
What do critics of media concentration and convergence believe? |
That it allows the reduction of the number of reporters and other staff companies employ and that it reduces the diversity of voices in Canada and around the world |
|
|
How would the reduction of diversity in media voices affect your identity? |
... what do u think? |
|
|
What are economies of scale? |
When transnationals can take advantage of savings that come from producing, using, and buying things in large quantities. |
|
|
Why would bananas cost less coming from Ecuador than apples coming from Canada in a Calgary grocery store ? |
Economies of scale |
|
|
Discuss the Banana Wars in terms of globalization concerns? |
... need to know? |
|
|
What is an example of agribusiness? |
Banana production, it is when large scale agriculture is controlled by transnationals. |
|
|
What is a threat to biodiversity from globalization? |
Agribusiness. Large areas of rain forests may be destroyed to plant crops, and the use of pesticides can damage the land and the workers |
|
|
What is biodiversity? |
Variety of plant and animal species |
|
|
Give an example of a negative social dimension of globalization. |
When indigenous people were displaced by growing crops in their area and using chemicals that damaged the food in their land. |
|
|
What is homogenization? |
How globalization reduces diversity and erases the differences between people so they become more and more similar. |
|
|
What is acculturation? |
Refers to the cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate or adapt to each other's world view. |
|
|
How is accommodation related to acculturation? |
Accommodation involves accepting and creating space for one another which may affect customs, traditions, technologies, values, beliefs, and languages of both cultures. |
|
|
What made acculturation and accommodation lead to? |
Assimilation |
|
|
What is assimilation? |
Occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed into another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture. |
|
|
What is cultural revitalization? |
The process of affirming and promoting individual and collective cultural identity, e.g. the Metis in the 1990s |
|
|
5 types of political cartoons |
See handout. |
