Social 10 Unit 1 Globalization and Identity Review

 The mixing of traditional art forms and cultures in new ways is known as

•  media convergence
•  hybridization
• cultural conflict
•  homogenization 

The process where minority groups lose their traditional culture and become absorbed into the dominant culture is known as:

• homogenization
• hybridization
• assimilation
• acculturation

Call of Duty, Drake, Zombies, and Breaking Bad are all examples of

• globalization
•  international trade
•  popular culture
•  transnational corporations

What 3 countries are part of NAFTA?

• England, Germany, France
• Canada, USA, Greenland
• Canada, USA, Mexico
• Brazil, Chile, Cuba

Which of the following is one of the concerns associated with globalization? 

• Loss of indigenous and traditional culture
•  Environmental Damage
•  Exploitation of workers 
• All of the above

True or False: In a free market economy, the government places many restrictions and controls on how people make or spend the money and how business run.

• True
• False

Economic globalization is a result of all of the following with the exception of:

•  Decreased acculturation
• Increased global trade.
•  Decreased cost of global transport
•  Increased availability of communication systems

A person who buys goods

• Consumer
• Service
• Community
• Goods 

Which trend in globalization worries Canadian nationalists the most?

• modernization

• Westernization

• Americanization

• globalization of the English language

All of the following have encouraged globalization except

• lower transportation costs

• faster transportation vehicles

• improved communications technologies

• laws for the protection of languages and cultures