Unit 4 - Globalisation

Question 1

Global Interaction

Answer 1

The ability of people to communicate all over the Earth

Question 2

Culture

Answer 2

Ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a certain groups of people that are passed down from generation to generation.

Question 3

Equity

Answer 3

Fairness and justice

Question 4

Identity

Answer 4

The distinguishing character/ personality of an individual

Question 5

Globalisation

Answer 5

Used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place.

Question 6

Commodities

Answer 6

Any useful/valuable things, especially something that is bought and sold.

Question 7

Commercialization

Answer 7

The process of bringing new products or services to market

Question 8

Commonality

Answer 8

Possession of common features or attributes

Question 9

Diversity

Answer 9

Having a range of people with various social and ethnic backgrounds

Question 10

Interconnection

Answer 10

The state of being connected or linked with one another

Question 11

Core

Answer 11

Countries with the highest levels of economic power
(Ex: North America)

Question 12

Periphery

Answer 12

Counties that are less developed than the semi-periphery and core countries.
These countries usually receive a small share of global wealth.

Question 13

TNCs

Answer 13

Transnational corporations (TNCs) are businesses that have a global reach.

Question 14

Sovereignty

Answer 14

Supreme power especially over a politically organized unit

Question 15

Consumer culture

Answer 15

A lifestyle hyper-focused on spending money to buy material goods

Question 16

Homogenisation

Answer 16

To make more uniform throughout in texture, mixture, quality, etc.

Question 17

Dilution

Answer 17

When the cultures are blended and is a progress of our lives becoming similar

Question 18

Cultural traits

Answer 18

Transmission of ideas, meanings and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations.

Question 19

Cultural imperialism

Answer 19

Domination where cultural meanings of a foreign culture are imposed upon native cultures.

Question 20

Urban landscapes

Answer 20

A dense accumulation of building structures with a variety of shapes, sizes, proportions located over a fairly extensive territory.

Question 21

Glocalisation

Answer 21

Combination of the words ‘globalisation’ and ‘localisation’.
Used to describe a type of business that’s distributed globally, but adjusted to meet local needs as well.