Social 10-1: Chapter 1 & 2 Review (Identity And Globalization)

Front 1

Define and give an example:

context

Back 1

Context refers to the circumstances or surroundings around you.

Example: You have multiple identities dependent on the context. You act differently, for example, in the context of a classroom or church than you do in the context of a school bus with your friends.

Front 2

Define and give an example:

collective

Back 2

A collective broadly defined is a group.

Examples: You are part of many collectives, such as your Social 10-1 class, your ethnic group, the Canadian citizens collective, etc.

Front 3

Define and give an example:

collective identity

Back 3

The aspects of identity shared in common with a collective or group. These aspects may include language, dress, customs, religion, traditions, etc.

Example: A part of the Native Canadian collective identity is reverence for the land and desire for peace.

Front 4

Which factors shape your identity?

Back 4

collectives like your family, peer group, faith group, etc.

the contexts you find yourself in

other forces, including globalization

Front 5

What are the signs or markers of a person's identity?

Back 5

- clothing

- language

- body piercing or tattooing

- traditions

- slang

- etc.

Front 6

Can you name 2 groups that struggled to affirm and maintain their identities due to globalization?

Back 6

Lubicon Cree

Coltan miners of the Congo

Front 7

Review questions for Chapter 1:

Who are you?

How do you express who you are?

How do collectives express who they are?

How are identities connected through globalization?

Back 7

Answers will vary.

Review pages 20-41 of the textbook for ideas.

Front 8

Define and give an example:

transnational corporation

Back 8

A trasnational corporation (also: multinational corporation) is a corporation based in one country spread throughout the world (i.e. the production and trade of goods or services occurs globally).

Examples: Walmart, McDonald's, Chapters

Front 9

Define and give an example:

media concentration

Back 9

Media concentration occurs when a few corporations own newspapers and other media, thus controlling the media we consume.

Example: CTV Globemedia corporation owns, in Canada, TSN, CTV, and the The Globe and Mail newspaper.

Front 10

Define and give an example:

media convergence

Back 10

Media convergence is the useof electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and theinternet.

Example: The Edmonton Journal newspaper, a copy of the Bible, and your favourite TV show can be accessed through your ipad and smartphone.

Front 11

Define and give an example:

economies of scale

Back 11

Economies of scale refers to savingsthat are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in largequantities.

Example: Walmart produces large amounts of products overseas in China. Because Chinese factories make many products quickly, Walmart can then sell these products at a cheaper price than a small shop owner who makes his products by hand over a long period of time.

Front 12

Define and give an example:

homogenization

Back 12

Homogenization (Latin "same- kind"), when used to describe people, refers to the making of similar people, often through globalization.

Example: People worry that the world is becoming homogenized because American values are propagated worldwide through popular shows and movies.

Front 13

Define and give an example:

acculturation

Back 13

Acculturation refers to the cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other’sworldviews.

We often speak about people who have been acculturated in their host country.

Example: Joe is from Mexico but now lives in Canada. He likes to eat his eggs with traditional Mexican salsa, but now he also eats a side of Canadian bacon to represent the Canadian aspect of his identity.

Front 14

Define and give an example:

accomodation

Back 14

Accommodation is the process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact andaccept and create space for one another. The customs, traditions, technologies,beliefs and languages of both cultures may be effected.

Example: In Canada, accommodation of cultures is common. We accept, for example, bilingual language school programs.

Front 15

Define and give an example:

assimilation

Back 15

Assimilation is when a minority group is absorbed by another, larger culture.

Example: Many Native Canadian tribes were assimilated into British Canadian culture through residential schools.

Front 16

Define and give an example:

cultural revitalization

Back 16

Cultural revitalization (Latin"again- life") occurs when a people's individual or collective identity is affirmed and promoted.

Example: Native Canadians promoting their heritage (e.g. A Tribe Called Red music).

Front 17

Define and give an example:

glocal

Back 17

“glocal”refers to ANindividual, group, division, unit,organization, OR community whichis willingand is ableto “thinkgloballyand act locally.”

Example: Mary is acting in a glocal way when she buys fair trade coffee from her local Starbucks.

Front 18

What are the 4 forces of globalization? (the forces that make globalization possible)

Back 18

1. trade (transnational corporations)

2. transportation (ships and containers)

3. communication technology (the Internet)

4. media (media concentration and convergence)

Front 19

How is globalization a potentially harmful and beneficial force affecting collective identities?

Provide examples of both affects.

Back 19

HARMFUL- globalization sometimes leads to assimilation and homogenization

(e.g. Native Canadians assimilated by the British, loss of the Inuktitut language, and people becoming very similar due to the consumption of Western media worldwide)

BENEFICIAL- globalization sometimes leads to cultural revitalization of cultures and languages (e.g. Bolivia and the Metis in Canada)

Front 20

Using the example of the banana wars, explain how economic, political, environmental, and social dimensions of globalization may affect identity.

Back 20

Answers will vary.

Review pages 52-55 of the textbook for answers.

Front 21

Review questions for Chapter 2:

1. What are some of the forces of globalization?

2. How is identity affected by some economic, political, environmental, and social dimensions of globalization?

3. How do some forces of globalization present a challenge to identity?

4. How do some forces of globalization provide opportunities to affirm and promote identity?

Back 21

Answers will vary.

Review pages 44- 65 of the textbook for answers.