Social 10 - Unit 1 terms

Circumstances or surroundings

• A Collective

• Context

• Acculturation

• Economies of Scale

Someone who others look to as an example to emulate

• A Collective

• Cultural Diversity

• Role Model

• Hybridization

a collective set of characteristics by which a person (or group) is definitively recognizable or known.

• Identity

• Homogenization

• Collective

• Universalization

The cultural changes that occur when two cultures meet and accommodate/ adapt to, each other's worldviews

• Accommodation

• Acculturation

• Role Model

• Assimilation

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.

• Transnational Corporation

• Economic Globalization

• Economies of Scale

• Media Concentration

A group to which a person belongs and identifies with

• A Collective

• Context

• Role Model

• Economies of Scale

The gap that separates people who do and do not have access to up-to-date digital technology

• Media Convergence

• Digital Divide

• Economies of Scale

• Media Concentration

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 another culture.

• Accommodation

• Acculturation

• Role Model

• Assimilation

The process of affirming and promoting people's individual and collective cultural identity.

• Biodiversity

• Cultural Revitalization

• Assimilation

• Globalization

the spread of trade, transportation, and communication systems around the world in the interests of promoting worldwide commerce.

• Globalization

• Economic Globalization

• Economies of Scale

• Media Concentration