Social Studies 10-1: Unit 1 - Globalization and Identity

Globalization

The process that is making the world's citizens increasingly interdependent economically, socially, politically, environmentally, and technologically

Social Globalization

The process by which peoples' lifestyles spread over global networks

Political Globalization

Globalization through politics and world leaders

Global Village

The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s, that the entire world and its inhabitants are becoming one large community interconnected by technology, particularly television

United Nations

An organization of interdependent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

La Francophonie

An international organization representing countries where French is the first or customary language

Individual Identity

The traits that make up a person's sense of individuality

Collective Identity

The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people

Official Bilingualism

An official government policy under which a country recognizes two official languages

Universalization of Popular Culture

The production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast world audience

Hybridization

The blending of media/communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption

Official Languages Act

The Act that states that French and English are Canada's official languages, and that all federal institutions must provide services in English and French, 1969

Homogenization

A trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result of globalization

Monoculture

The uniform global popular culture that results from globalization

Assimilation

The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group

Marginalization

The pushing of a group to the "margins" of society, where they hold little social, political or economic power

Accommodation

An inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society (alteration)

Integration

The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society

Acculturation

Change as a result of contact with other culture groups

Cultural Revitalization

A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage, languages or reviving traditions and customs

NATO

(The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) An alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

Secularism

The complete separation between matters of state and religion

Cosmopolitan

Reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated

Traditions

The customs of a family or culture

Minority Group

An ethnic, linguistic, or religious group whose numbers are small compared with those of the dominant culture

Society

A group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, an ideology, a religion, or a particular worldview

Pluralistic Society

A society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country; a society that respects and values the individual and collective opinions and identities of all people

Marshall McLuhan

Edmonton-born scholar who coined the phrase "the global village"

Minority Language

A language spoken by a minority of people in a country