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| The process by which the world's citizens are becoming increasingly connected to and dependent on one another. |
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| A graphic diagram that shows relationships and examples. |
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Economic Globalization
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| The process of expanding world trading networks. |
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| One company hiring another company to fulfill certain tasks in production. |
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| A corporation that operates in two or more countries. |
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| A person who buys goods or services for personal use. |
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| The basic physical systems of a community, including roads,utlities, water, sewage, and so on. |
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| Camadian Council for International Co-operation. |
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| The different ways of delivering mass communication, such as newspapers, radio, and television. |
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Social Globalization
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| The process by which people's lifestyles spread over global networks. |
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Political Globalization
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| The process by which political decisions and actions are becoming increasingly international. |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| Clothing, jewellery, and other forms of body decoration. |
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| Ideas,practices, beliefs, knowledge, and customs that are passed down through a family, group, culture or religion. |
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| Am inclination that makes it difficult to judge fairly. |
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Individual Identity
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| The group of characteristics and values people use to define themselves as individuals. |
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Collective Identity
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| The common characteristics and values used to define a group. |
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Linguistic Identity
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| The collective identity of a people who speak the same language. |
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| Francophone descendent of the colonists of New France living anywhere in North America, including the West. |
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| Member of a First Nations, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous community who is respected for his or her knowledge, wisdom, or experience. |
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| People who inspire us in such a way that we try to live and act like they do. |
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| An incurable disease, transmitted through bodily fluids, that destroys a person's immune system. |
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| The final stage of HIV, in which the human immune system collapses, placing people at greater risk of infection by life-threatening diseases. |
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| A person whose first language is French. |
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| A person whose first language is English. |
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Multiculturalism
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| A policy that supports respect for a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture. |
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Communications Technologies
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| The processes, tools, and techniques used to transmit data or information from one person or device to another. |
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Transnational Media Company
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| A company that operates media outlets in many countries. |
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Universalization of Popular Culture
Chapter 2 |
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| The spread of one popular culture around the world. |
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| A person or figure whose image is known to millions of people. |
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Gross National Product (GNP)
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| The total income from goods and services produced in a country in a year. |
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Media Convergence
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| Control of a large amount of the world's media by a few transnational companies. |
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| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. |
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| A slang short form for "Canadian content". |
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| Canadian Audio Visual Certification Office. |
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| The mixing of identities and cultures in new and different ways. |
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| Something that is made from mixed elements. |
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Interdisciplinary art
Chapter 3 |
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| Different art forms and media mixed in new ways. |
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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| GDP divided by population. |
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Minority Cultural Group
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| A cultural group (a group of people with common age, ethnicity, language, or gender) that is smaller than majority cultural groups. |
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Cultural Diversity
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| The variety of human cultures in a specific region or in the world as a whole. |
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| The movement of people from one region or country to another. |
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| A change in an individual or a group that results from contact with another group. |
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| The process by which so many people move into rural areas close to existing cities that these areas become urban. |
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