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| A process that occurs when people from ifferent cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. The customs, traditions, technologies, beliefs, and languages of both cultures may be affected. |
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| The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adopt to, each other's worldviews. |
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| A process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture. |
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| Variety in plant and animal species. [image] |
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| A group to which a person belongs and identifies with. |
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| Circumstances or surroundings. |
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| Laws passed by a government to prevents a group's cultural identity-including its artists, performers, songs, movies, and literature- from beig overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture. |
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| Variety in cultures and identities. |
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| The process of affirming and promoting people's individual and collective cultural identity. |
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| The gap that seperates people who do and don't have acces to up-to-date digital technology. |
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| Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities. |
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| The result of becoming more worldwide. |
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| The erasing of differences. When this term is applied to people, it often refers to the erasing of culteral differences so that people become more similar. |
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| The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new. |
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| The fact of being who or what a person or thing is. What a person has as a personality, thoughts and beliefs. |
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| No single answer can be given. Something that affects people. Opinion based. |
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| The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large coporations. |
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| The use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV and the internet. |
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| Persons (group) worldview; one that has developed from collective experience. |
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| An individuals opinion about a matter based on their personal experience. |
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| A short form for "popular culture", which is the culture of the people. This tearm often refers to current cultural trends that are spread byu commercial mass media. |
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| Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal. |
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| Someone others look up to as an example to be like them. |
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| Transnational Corporation (TNC) |
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| A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country. Also called a multinational corporation. |
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| The spread of culture, trends, customs, and practises around the world. |
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