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Culture

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way of life in a society

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What is the most unifying aspect of culture?

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language

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Lingua franca

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trade language

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Why does race not have to do with culture?

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It is a biological concept

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Cultural region

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People of different cultural groups that have adapted to surroundings in similar way

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Ethnocentrism

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Belief that your culture is best

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Assimilation (melting pot)

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Cultures indistinguishable from one another

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Cultural pluralism (salad bowl)

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immigrants retain “uniqueness” by keeping traditions of old society

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Cultural diffusion

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Features of one culture that are carried to another

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Ultranationalism

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Extreme devotion to interests of a nation, regardless of effects on other nations

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Achieved status

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Position earned by effort

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Ascribed status

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Position gained by birth

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Status symbols

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Objects/titles that denote position in group

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Cultural universal

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Cultural trait shared by all societies (certain facial expressions)

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First world nations

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Fully industrialized/developed

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Third world nations

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Developing nations

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3 types of religions

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  • Animism (nature)
  • Monotheism (single god)
  • Polytheism (many)
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Animism

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Belief in gods of nature

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god (Christianity, Judaism)

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods (Hinduism)

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HDI Index

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UN-created rankings based on which country has best quality of life (income, expectancy, literacy, etc.)

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What is the world population?

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7.3-7.5 billion

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What is the US population?

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350 million

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RNI

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Depicts annual growth rate for country as percentage increase (discludes immigration)

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Life expectancy factors include...
Sanitation, nutritional services, accidents/homicide rates, biological factors
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Demographic transition
(graph) more industrialization = less death = less births eventually
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What are the 3 population periods plus examples
- Pyramid (Mexico) (stage 2/3) - Column (USA) post-industrialization - Inverted pyramid (Japan) basic costs higher than US
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Total fertility rate
Measures fertility of average group of women moving through childbearing years
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Problems with migration
Ethnic tension, job competition, ghettos/housing, crime, language/religion
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What are push and pull forces?
Immigration forces that incentivize people to come (pull) and leave (push) a nation
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What are centrifugal forces?
Cultural forces that weaken nation
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What are centripetal forces?
Cultural forces that strengthen nation
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Examples of centrifugal/centripetal forces?
- War, poor economy, civil war, ethnic separation | - Nationalism, common history, military security
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European nations that have broken apart due to centrifugal forces
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, USSR
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Vanishing cultures examples
Tuareg, Legong dancers, Kazak eagle hunters, Huli wigman
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G8
USA, UK, Russia*, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy
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Permanent members of UN Security Council?
USA, UK, France, Russia, China
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BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
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MINT
Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey
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G20
G8 + MINT + BRICS + EU + Argentina/Saudi Arabia
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NAFTA
USA/Canada/Mexico
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DR-CAFTA
Dominican Republic - Central America FTA
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ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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TPP
Asian and North American nations resting on Pacific Ocean trade deal
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How many members are there on United Nations?
193
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Who is the Secretary General of the UN?
Antonio Guterres
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Security council has how many members?
15 (5 permanent) (proportional to world)
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Warsaw Pact
- Counteract NATO | - Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Romania, etc.
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Military/economic/cultural pact between 8 members
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Arab League
Cultural organization that speaks Arabic and practices Islam
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OAS
Organization of American States
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AU
African Union
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Globalization
Increasing interconnectedness of people/places through converging economic/political/social processes
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3 characteristics of globalization
global communication networks, global transportation, international financial institutions
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Examples of globalization backlash?
Trump, Brexit
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What are the 3 globalization rounds?
Country (1.0) Company (2.0) Individual (3.0)
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Globalization round 1.0
1492 (Columbus) - 1800 | Populations boom through trade
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Globalization round 2.0
1800 - 2000 Rise of multinational corporations Fall of transportation costs first half Technology and WWW second half
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First multinational corporation (and in what round of globalization?)
Dutch East India Company | 2.0 (Company)
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Globalization round 3.0
2000 - Shrinking world, flattening world End of Cold War, outsourcing, supply chaining, information finding, Internet
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Top 5 most widely spoken languages
1. Mandarin 2. English 3. Hindi 4. Spanish 5. Russian
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Top 5 religions
1. Christianity 2. Islam 3. Hinduism 4. Buddhism 5. Sikhism
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Top 5 largest nations in land size
1. Russia 2. Canada 3. USA 4. China 5. Brazil
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Top 5 largest nations in population size
1. China 2. India 3. USA 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil
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Top 5 wealthiest nations per capita
1. Qatar 2. Luxembourg 3. Singapore 4. Kuwait 5. Brunei

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