social final

1. What are the four main forces of globalization?

2. Why do Canadians have such a bog ecological footprint?

3. What is sustainable development / prosperity?

4. Define NAFTA.

5. What is a legacy?

6. Describe the Indian Act.

a. What was its main purpose?

b. Who did it involve?

c. Were there any positive outcomes from the Act?

7. What is mercantilism?

8. Why did the Europeans seek out new lands to colonize?

9. What is capitalism?

10. What is an NGO and how does it operate? What are some of the problems with NGOs?

11. What is meant by global income inequality and what is currently happening to the inequality?

12. How do you develop an informed opinion?

13. What is a transnational corporation?

14. What is cultural revitalization?

15. How is language connected to culture and identity?

16. What is one of the legacies of imperialism in India?

17. Why was slavery so hard on the communities that were affected?

18. How and why did imperialism start?

19. What is the World Trade Organization?

20. Why are slang and jargon used?

21. What technologies furthered explorers’ abilities to seek out new lands?

22. When is it generally thought that historical globalization began?

23. How was the rise of the middle class in Europe linked to historical globalization?

24. Why is the Grand Exchange so important? What did it do?

25. How were indigenous peoples affected by historical globalization?

26. Define Eurocentrism.

27. Define standard of living.

28. Define quality of life.

29. What is an economic depression?

30. What is a collective?

31. How do economies of scale work?

32. Define economic globalization.

33. How was WWI responsible for WWII?

34. Which force of globalization has the greatest impact on human rights?

35. What is cultural pluralism?

36. What organization is an example of trade liberalization?

37. What is free trade?

38. Define cultural imperialism.

39. How were the industrial revolution and historical globalization linked?

40. How are slavery, indentured labourers, and child labourers linked?

41. What are some of the legacies of Canada’s residential schools?

42. What is outsourcing and how does it affect people in both developed and developing countries?

43. What is techno-isolation?

44. Define media concentration.

45. What was the Bretton Woods Conference and what emerged from it? (Organizations)

46. What is a status Indian in Canada?

47. What was the primary reason that the Scramble for Africa began?

48. Which European power(s) controlled Rwanda?

49. What is the difference between a market and mixed economy?

50. What specific type of transportation revolutionized trade?

51. What was the primary purpose of Canada’s residential schools?

52. What are some of the key world events that led to contemporary economic globalization?

53. What are some of the legacies of colonialism for Indigenous peoples?

54. What is foreign aid and what are the goals associated with it?

55. What is cultural homogenization? Is it linked to acculturation? How?

56. What world body was created to avoid conflicts?

57. Why was the European Union formed?

58. What led to the sharp increase of transnational corporations?

59. What is assimilation?

60. What is genocide?

61. What are human rights?

62. What technologies developed in the 1400s helped to spur on globalization?

63. How did the invention of the printing press promote historical globalization?

64. Identify the driving forces behind colonization.

65. What is happening in Rwanda to counteract the impact that genocide had on that country?

66. Explain the difference between the philosophies of Keynes and Friedman?

67. What was Black Tuesday? What significant world event followed Black Tuesday?

68. Why do Canadians have such large ecological footprints?

69. Explain stewardship.

70. Define sustainable globalization.

71. Why does shipbreaking occur in less developed countries?

72. What is the goal of the Kyoto Protocol?

73. What is the main concern with extracting oil from the Alberta tar sands?

74. What hinders the development of solar and wind power alternatives?

75. What do the following measure?

a. Human Development Index

b. Genuine Progress Indexc. Measures the overall well-being of a population, taking into account economic, social, and environmental factors.