TCW EXAM

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The smallest distinctive items of culture. Units of learned behavior (such as language, tools, games, music, beliefs).

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Culture trait

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preference for the cultural practices of other cultures. Associated with an inferiority complex.

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Xenocentrism

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• the tendency to use one’s cultural values in evaluating other cultures. It explains that an individual’s norms and actions should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s cultural context

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Ethnocentrism

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Disorientation due to the inability to make sense out of one’s surroundings. Common for foreign travel.

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Culture Shock

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Intangible ideas created by members of a society.

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Nonmaterial Culture

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Tangible things created by members of a society. It refers to the objects or belongings of a group of people and is made or modified by a human that help an individual to better understand the society he/she belongs.

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Material Culture

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defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs, and institutions of a population that is passed down from generation to generation

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culture

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refers to the communication channels through which we disseminate news, music, movies, education, promotional messages, and other data.

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media

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Adopting many characteristics of another culture group. May involve changes in the original cultural patterns.

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Acculturation

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Process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture.

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Enculturation

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A large portion of the earth’s surface that is occupied by people sharing recognizable and distinctive cultural traits.

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Cultural Regions

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known to be the oldest and most enduring of all media.

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Oral Communication

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is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets, and newspapers.

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Printing Press

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a system of graphic marks representing the units of a specific language.

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script

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where does printing press started?

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china

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refers to the broadcast storage or storage media that take advantage of electronic technology.

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electronic media

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The computer is considered the most important media influencing globalization. Computers give access to the global marketplace and transform cultural life.

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digital media

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is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and world views that establish symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and moral values.

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Religion

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The belief or worship of one God

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Monotheism

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• The belief or worship of more than one God

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polytheism

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• Judaism: Concentrated in

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Israel and North America

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• Christianity: Concentrated in

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Europe and North and South America

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• Islam: Concentrated in the

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Middle East, Africa, and Asia

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• Hinduism: Concentrated in

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India

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* Buddhism: Concentrated in

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East and Southeast Asia

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The world is full of suffering

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dukkha

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The truth of the cause of suffering (worldly desires)

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samudaya

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The truth of the end of suffering (Nirvana is the ultimate goal)

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nirodha

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The truth about the path that ends suffering (Follow the Eightfold Path)

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magga

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Founder of Buddhism. Gave up his lavish lifestyle and endured poverty to search for answers to questions about suffering.

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Siddhartha Gautama

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God the Destroyer

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shiva

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God the Preserver

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Vishnu

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God the Creator

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Brahma

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refers to the knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences.

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Karma

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it is now possible for any religion to spread beyond national borders through the use of different technological tools.

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Globalization’s influence on religion

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- is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. it encompasses the study of the size, structure, and distribution of these populations in response to birth, migration, aging, and death.

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Demography

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This refers to the absolute number of a population or any demographic event occurring in a specified area in a specified time

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Count

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The frequency of demographic events in a population during a specified time (usually a year) divided by the population "at risk" of the event occurring during that time.

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Rate

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tell how common it is for a given event to occur

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rate

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The relation of population subgroup to the entire population, that is, a population subgroup divided by the entire population

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proportion

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The relation of one population subgroup to the total population or another subgroup, that is, one subgroup divided by another

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ratio

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- It refers to the proportion of the 0-4 and the 65-over age levels per one hundred persons aged 15-64. A () implies heavy financial support for more dependencies.

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Dependency ratio

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refers to the actual number of children born to a woman or group of women.

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Fertility (Births)

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refers to the number of persons that can be equally and statistically distributed per square kilometer in a given geographical area considering the population in the said area.

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Population Density

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* An essay on the principle of population, theorized pessimistically that population is uncontrollable and argued that human populations are inescapably caught in a conflict between their "need for food and "passion between sexes".

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Malthusian Theory

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Thomas Malthus

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1766-1834

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* Marx believed that the problem was not primarily population but the ownership of the means of production and the inequitable distribution of the society's wealth.

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Marxian Theory (Karl Marx)

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. both the birth rate and the death rate are high and relatively stable.

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First stage

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The birth rate remains high but the death rate declines as nutrition, health, and sanitation improve.

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Second stage

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Both the death and the birth rate are low and in balance again.

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Third stage

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Lion City, Garden City, Instant Asia

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Singapore

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the city that never sleeps

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new york

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City of Light, City of Love, City of Romance

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Paris

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No city is a global city unless it is an economic powerhouse, dominant in finance, trade, manufacturing, or business services.

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Economic Attribute

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All global cities are big cities—three million people or more. It takes size to offer all the attributes needed to be a global city.

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Population Size

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This means having a storehouse of smart, educated, creative people.

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Human Capital

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A strong economy pays for the museums, universities, symphonies, and theaters that make a city more than a labor pool. This is also a draw for global citizens who have a palette of places to live, work, and do business.

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culture

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Because global cities are so big, so vibrant, and so much fun, they are magnets for tourists.

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Tourist

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For the most part, this means air and digital connections to the rest of the world. If global cities are where global citizens meet, then a major airport with a full schedule of nonstop flights to other global cities is crucial.

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connectivity

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This includes public transit, the environment, safe streets, good health care, and efficient and honest local government. A reputation for corruption, pollution, or crime will damage a city's competitive power.

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Quality of life

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- an effective city government supported by institutions of civil society.

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civic

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a powerful business community with global connections

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commercial

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both higher education and K-12

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educational

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the arts and entertainment that give the city its soul

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cultural

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the temporary or permanent movement of people from one place to another.

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migration

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Migration within a country.

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Internal migration

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movement from province to cities

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rural to urban

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movement from cities to province

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urban to rural

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movement between cities

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inter-urban

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movement within a cities

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intra-urban

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occurs when a person or group of people emigrate from their own country to live in another.

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external migration

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is migration based on one’s free will and initiative. Historically occurred as territorial expansion (colonizers). Now occur for economic (employment)/ social (to join family or communities)? better climate

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voluntary migration

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Includes refugees, asylum seekers, and people forced to move due to external factors.

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involuntary migration

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Migrants who legally enter the country have a valid immigrant visa and proper documentation.

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legal migrants

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A person, who owing to illegal entry or the expiry of his or her visa, lacks legal status in a transit or host country. The term applies to migrants who infringe a country’s admission rules and any other person not authorized to remain in the host country.

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illegal migrants

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People who return to their countries of origin after some time.

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return migrants

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These are people fleeing from armed conflicts or persecution and natural disasters. Their situation is so perilous that they cross national borders to seek safety in nearby countries and become recognized as refugees with access to assistance from states and aid organizations.

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Refugees

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someone who claims to be a refugee but whose claim hasn’t been evaluated. Someone is an asylum seeker or so long as their application is pending. So not every asylum seeker will be recognized as a refugee, but every refugee is initially an asylum seeker.

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asylum seeker

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are those that cause people to leave an area.

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push factors

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are those that encourage people to move to an area.

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pull factors