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10th Grade
09/28/2011

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Point of View
Definition
How an individual feels about/views situations, based on experiences.
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Issue
Definition
A question that requires you to actually think for once, much to your dismay. It's okay, though, most of the time there's no hard and fast right answer and is mostly about how well you BS your argument.
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Globalization
Definition
The act of making everybody depend on humanity and technology, and spreading technology to areas that previously did not have it. That's cool and all, but maybe the West doesn't really get that starving Africans probably don't want beer helmets.
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Perspective
Definition
How a group feels about/views situations, based on collective experiences.
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Identity
Definition
The traits that made up a person's sense of individuality.
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Homogenization
Definition
To make uniform, assimilate, or remove incongruencies.
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Pop Culture
Definition
A short form for "popular culture", which is the culture of the people. This term often refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media.
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Assimilate
Definition
To weed out another something to spread your own variety of that something. Similar to homogenization.
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Transnational Corporation
Definition
A company that is based in one country but does business in more than just its home country. Coca Cola, Nike, and Veridian Dynamics are examples.
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