SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY TERMS TO KNOW

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SOCIAL STUDIESVOCABULARY TERMS TO KNOW
Globalisation
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Context
My spirituality or religion
My history
My heritage
My traditions
My language

• Circumstances or surroundings

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Role model

• Someone to whom others look up to as an example
  to emulate (imitate - try to be equal to)

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Collective

• A group to which a person belongs and identifies
  with

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Transnational Corporation

• A company that is based in one country while
  developing and manufacturing its products, or
  delivering goods and services in other countries
  - also known as multi-national corporations.

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media concentration

• The gathering of ownership of newspapers and
  other media in the hands of a few large
  corporations

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Media convergence

• The use of electronic technology to integrate
  media such as newspapers, books, TV and the
  Internet.

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Homogenization

• "The erasing of differences. When this term is
  applied to people, it often refers to the erasing
  of cultural differences so that peoples become
  more and more similar." Exploring Globalization

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Accommodation

• When one culture makes room for another.

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Acculturation

• A culture change that happens when two cultures
  adapt to teach others world view.

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Propaganda

• Ideas and information spread for purpose of
  achieving a specific goal.

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Pop Culture
Current cultural trends that are spread by
widespread mass media. ie, Anime/Manga
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Consensus
General agreement
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refers to a way of thinking that centers on
ones own race and culture - a belief that their
worldview is the only valid one
ETHNOCENTRISM!
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CULTURAL REVITALIZATION
THE PROCESS OF AFFIRMING AND PROMOTING PEOPLE'S
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CULTURAL IDENTITY.