Social 10-All Terms

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

cultural modification of an individual or group of people by adapting or borrowing traits from other cultures

Question 2

Acculturation

Answer 2

when one culture integrates into another without losing its identity

Question 3

Affirmation

Answer 3

the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed.

Question 4

Apartheid laws in South Africa

Answer 4

Apartheid laws restricted where Black South Africans could live and work and who they could marry

Question 5

Assimilation

Answer 5

the process where a minority group becomes integrated or absorbed by a majority group forcing them to lose their culture (usually always bad)

Question 6

Bretton Woods

Answer 6

Bretton Woods established a system of payments based on the dollar, which defined all currencies about the dollar, itself convertible into gold, and above all, “as good as gold” for trade. U.S. currency was now the world currency, the standard to which every other currency was pegged.

Question 7

Concerns about globalization

Question 8

Containerization

Answer 8

to put goods into a container or containers for transport, or to make a port, ship, etc.

Question 9

CRTC

Answer 9

The Canadian radio and tecelcomunication commite is an administrative tribunal that regulates and supervises broadcasting and telecommunications in the public interest

Question 10

Cultural revitalization

Answer 10

the presence of and promoting of people’s individual and collective cultural identity

Question 11

Ethnocentrism

Answer 11

Ethnocentrism is measuring or judging one’s own culture against another culture and can lead to judging someone else’s culture negatively. Ethnocentrism is also the belief that one’s own cultural rules are the best and often better than another culture’s rules

Question 12

Eurocentrism

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Eurocentrism is defined as the belief system that positions Europe as the central force in shaping world history, promoting universal values, and representing progress and development

Question 13

Foreign aid

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money, food, or other resources are given or lent by one country to another usually during times of war

Question 14

Homogenization

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A homogenizing society refers to the process by which diverse cultural, social, and economic elements become increasingly similar or uniform, often as a result of globalization, technological advancement, and media influence

Question 15

Hybridization

Answer 15

Mixing or blending of different cultural traits and elements of different cultures and the consequent emergence of a new unique culture

Question 16

Imperialism/ Imperialization
(motives and impacts)

Answer 16

when a powerful country extends its power into other countries or territories for economic or political gain

Question 17

Indian Act

Answer 17

The Indian Act is a part of a long history of assimilation policies that intended to terminate the cultural, social, economic, and political distinctiveness of Aboriginal peoples by absorbing them into mainstream Canadian life and values

Question 18

Industrial Revolution (in relation to globalization)

Answer 18

The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century in Britain and transformed society from an agrarian one to an industrial one. The period saw the introduction of new technologies that greatly changed economies and how people lived, such as the steam engine, the telegraph, and the spinning jenny

Question 19

Integration

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Integration occurs when separate people or things are brought together

Question 20

International Monetary Fund

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) works to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 191 member countries. It does so by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation, which are essential to increase productivity, job creation, and economic well-being

Question 21

Legacy of imperialism

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Imperialism is defined as the ruling policy of establishing and enforcing the rule of a nation on outside peoples or countries

Question 22

Marginalization

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occurs when a person or groups of people are less able to do things or access basic services or opportunities

Question 23

Media Consolidation and media convergence

Answer 23

• a trend that concentrates ownership of media in the hands of a few large corporations
• the use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and the internet

Question 24

non-goverment organizations

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A non-governmental organization, or NGO, typically is established to work toward public or social welfare goals. For example an NGO could focus on human rights, voters’ rights, healthcare, helping the poor, and preventing cruelty to animals

Question 25

North American Free Trade Agreement

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The NAFTA seeks to liberalize trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada and abolish tariffs and other trade barriers. The Agreement opens up the three countries' markets by ensuring that future laws will not create barriers to doing business

Question 26

Outsourcing

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the act or process of contracting an outside source, instead of internal employees, to do work

Question 27

Paternalism

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Paternalism is the interference of a state or an individual with another person, against their will, and defended or motivated by a claim that the person interfered with will be better off or protected from harm

Question 28

Pros of globalization

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It reciprocally developed economies all over the world and increased cultural exchanges. It also allowed financial exchanges between companies, changing the paradigm of work. Aswell, it allows us to communicate around the world

Question 29

Quotas

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Quotas are government-imposed trade restrictions that limit the number or monetary value of goods that a country can import or export during a particular period

Question 29

Protectionist

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Protectionism refers to government policies that shield domestic production (and producers) from foreign competition

Question 30

Residential Schools

Answer 30

Residential schools were government-sponsored religious schools that were established to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture

Question 31

Segregation

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the process of separating socially similar individuals into distinct neighborhoods or communities based on factors such as race, ethnicity, or income levels

Question 31

Tariffs

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a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports

Question 32

The role of media

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Media is a powerful force as a tool for means of communication and disbursement of knowledge. The role of media is prevalent in society, and due to its nontraditional form, it continues to play its part in both spreading social, economic, political or cultural awareness and in shaping human behavior

Question 33

Trade Liberalization

Answer 33

Trade liberalization refers to the removal or reduction of restrictions or barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations. Such barriers could include tariffs, such as duties and surcharges, and non-tariff barriers, such as licensing rules and quotas

Question 34

Transnational Companies/Corporations

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a company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products in more than one country

Question 35

UN Declaration of Human Rights

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Is a milestone document in the history of human rights drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected

Question 36

Universalization

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to make universal or the same all around the world

Question 37

White Man’s Burden

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In the decolonisation of the developing world, the phrase the white man's burden is synonymous with colonial domination, to illustrate the falsity of the good intentions of Western neo-colonialism toward the non-white peoples of the world

Question 38

World Bank

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The World Bank is an international development organization owned by 187 countries. Its role is to reduce poverty by lending money to the governments of its poorer members to improve their economies and to improve the standard of living of their people

Question 39

World Trade Organization (WTO)

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations

Question 40

ecological footprint

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Ecological footprint measures how sustainable an individual or group of people are living in their environment

Question 41

genocide

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the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

Question 42

economic globalization

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refers to the increasing interdependence of world economies as a result of the growing scale of cross-border trade of commodities and services, flow of international capital and wide and rapid spread of technologies

Question 43

historical globalization

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is the historical process of the world becoming more interconnected. This happens especially through trade and economic policies, which make it easier to exchange goods and ideas between countries

Question 44

legacies of globalization

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Legacies can include political structures, such as parliamentary democracy; buildings and monuments, such as houses of worship and statues or plaques; and oral histories and stories, as well as tangible artifacts

Question 45

Global Village

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is a situation where modern technologies would connect all people worldwide

Question 46

Identity

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the fact of being who or what a person or thing is

Question 47

Indigenous

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is an umbrella term for First Nations (status and non-status), Métis and Inuit

Question 48

Judicial

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The judiciary is represented by the courts and has the function of resolving conflicts related to laws

Question 49

legacy

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the long-lasting impact of a person, place. action or thing

Question 50

Pandemic

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A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease

Question 51

Politics/Political

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is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources

Question 52

Stewardship

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Stewardship is a practice committed to ethical value that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources

Question 53

Technology/Technological

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is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes or applications. Technology uses scientific principles, and applies them to change the environment in which humans live

Question 54

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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provided those directly or indirectly affected by the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools system with an opportunity to share their stories and experiences

Question 55

Universalization of pop culture

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when people across the world have similar or exact tastes in multiple forms of pop culture. It universalizes globally. (show elmo, some music)

Question 56

The Wealth Gap

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t signifies that one group has significantly more — including income, property, investments and savings — while others may struggle to make ends meet

Question 57

Western/westernization

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The process by which a country or society adopts the customs and institutions that are said to characterize the Western world

Question 58

cultural content laws

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laws passed by the government to prevent a group's cultural identity from being lost

Question 59

Multiculturalism

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An official Canadian government policy founded on the idea that Canadian society is pluralistic

Question 60

interdependence

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the state of being dependent upon each other or mutual dependence

Question 61

Capitalism

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an economic and political system where industry is owned by private people

Question 62

Monarch

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a sovereign head of state (king or queen)

Question 63

colony

Answer 63

a new ethnic group of settlers on land

Question 64

communism

Answer 64

The government owns everything in this type of country

Question 65

socialism

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this is a country where the government owns some but the things are owned by the whole country and decided on as a whole

Question 66

Mercantilism

Answer 66

to send colonists out to harvest materials that are then sent to the home country to be made into a different product

Question 67

what does John keynes think?

Answer 67

he believes governments should play a big role in a country's economy and that they should help the unemployed.

Question 68

What does Friedrich von Hayak think?

Answer 68

he believes that government should play a little role in a country's economy.