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Unit 1: Vocabulary.
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10th Grade
09/28/2011

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Point of View
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An individuals opinion about anything from their own personal experience. Ex. Refusing to buy products that test on animals.
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Issue
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Question or situation that includes thoughtful, well informed thinking that helps to generate an answer. Ex. Arguement.
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Perspective
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A groups opinion based on their collective identity. Ex. Religion.
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Globalization
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The process by which the world's citizens are becoming increasingly connected and interdependent.
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Identity
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Made up of values that benefit who you are.
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Context
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Circumstances or surroundings.
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Role Model
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Some to whom others look as an example to follow.
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Collective
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A group to which a person belongs and identifies with.
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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 referred to as multinational corporation.
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Media Concentration
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The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations.
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Economies of Scale
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Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities.
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Biodiversity
Definition
Variety in plant and animal species.
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Homogenization
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When this term is applied to people, it often refers to the erasing of cultural differences so that people become more and more similiar.
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Acculturation
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The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other's worldviews.
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Accommodation
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A process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another.
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Assimilation
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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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Cultural Revitalization
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The process of affirming and promoting people's individual and collective cultural identity.
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Digital Divide
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The gap that separates people who do and do not have access to up-to-date digital technology.
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Propaganda
Definition
Ideas and informationspread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal.
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Pop Culture
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Refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media.
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Universalization
Definition
The spread of culture, trends, customs, and practices around the world.
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Hybridization
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The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new.
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Cultural Content Laws
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Laws passed by a government to prevent a group's cultural identity from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture.
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Cultural Diversity
Definition
Variety in cultures and identities.
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