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Unit #1 - Globalization and Identity

Question 1 of 57

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What are the 3 dimensions of Globalization?

Select one of the following:

  • Physical, Psychological, Emotional

  • Political, Social, Economic

  • Political, Social, Transnational

Explanation

Question 2 of 57

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A transnational corporation is:

Select one of the following:

  • A company that exports and imports freely

  • A company which produces its own goods and sell to the consumers directly

  • A company which sells goods and services directly to the public in many countries

Explanation

Question 3 of 57

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Retail operations sells goods and services to the public

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 57

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Check all that apply - Wal-Mart is an example of:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Retail Operator

  • Transnational Corporation

Explanation

Question 5 of 57

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A union is:

Select one of the following:

  • When workers join together to negotiate certain employment conditions with their company

  • When two companies join together to negotiate with a government

  • When employee groups join together to lobby agains the government

Explanation

Question 6 of 57

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A society is:

Select one of the following:

  • A collection of people across many regions who are governed by one body

  • An order of people who participate in trade collectively across many borders

  • A group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, an ideology, a religion, a language, or a particular world view

Explanation

Question 7 of 57

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Globalization is only the transfer of goods

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 57

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Check all which are forms of social globalization

Select one or more of the following:

  • Democracy

  • The World Health Organization sharing knowledge on diseases

  • Pop stars conducting a world tour

  • Wal-Mart expands into new countries

  • Jeans with holes in them become a fashion trend across the world

Explanation

Question 9 of 57

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Choose the best answer which depicts the dimension of political globalization:

Select one of the following:

  • New regulations are imposed globally on travelers due to Ebola virus outbreak

  • Democratic elections are held in Pakistan for the first time

  • Governments negotiate a commercial deal with an international oil company to drill on national land

Explanation

Question 10 of 57

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The expansion and impacts of transnational corporations fall into the economic dimension of globalization

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 57

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A "global village" is:

Select one of the following:

  • A very large community which comes together based on similar world views

  • A concept to promote international democracy and diplomacy

  • The concept that everyone in the world will become connected through television

Explanation

Question 12 of 57

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Check all that apply - Democracy is:

Select one or more of the following:

  • An idea that is spreading from country to country

  • A concept that boosts people's standard of living and improves the ethics of government

  • An idea that is dying due to controversy

  • A concept that believes in bringing people freedom to make choices from government control

Explanation

Question 13 of 57

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A minority group is one that is in control of the larger society, represent many, and less likely to face discrimination

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 57

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Check all that apply - Examples of Minority groups are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Aboriginal People In Canada

  • African Americans In the United States

  • Syrian refugees in Germany

  • Mexicans employed in California

Explanation

Question 15 of 57

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Official bilinguialism is:

Select one of the following:

  • Countries which legally recognize two languages

  • People who can speak at least 4 languages

  • Countries who only recognize 1 language

Explanation

Question 16 of 57

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What is the biggest drawback of official bilingualism in Canada?

Select one of the following:

  • It causes confusion to trade situations, governments, and visitors

  • It is very expensive to translate in 2 languages

  • It causes the nation to be split basis language preference

Explanation

Question 17 of 57

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What is the difference between an Anglophone and Francophone?

Select one of the following:

  • An Anglophone is a person who speaks only speaks French, while a Francophone is someone who can speak both English and French

  • An Anglophone is a person whose heritage is from Great Britain, while a Francophone is someone whose heritage is from France

  • An Anglophone is a person who speaks English as their primary language, while a Francophone is someone who speaks French as their primary language

Explanation

Question 18 of 57

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Hybridization is when all individuals experience the same culture, media, and communications in an attempt to make them more similar

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 57

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What is media convergence?

Select one of the following:

  • When media companies merge into media transnationals

  • When different forms of media come together on a singular topic

  • When a single type of media expresses opinions about a subject

Explanation

Question 20 of 57

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Check all that apply - What are the advantages of transnationals?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Smaller, diverse media cannot compete financially

  • Many people enjoy media products created by transnationals

  • Transnationals have large financial and human resources to create new media

  • They can use their control of he media to express voices of diverse cultures

Explanation

Question 21 of 57

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Check all that apply - What are the disadvantages of transnationals?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Transnationals have too much influence over world culture

  • Transnational do not use their power to express voices of diverse cultures

  • Transnationals use media to express voices of many cultures

  • Smaller, diverse media cannot compete financially with transnationals

Explanation

Question 22 of 57

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Societe Radio-Canada Broadcasting (SRC) are public and private broadcasters which are French-language networks.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 57

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What is APTN?

Select one of the following:

  • The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

  • The Aboriginal Protection Trans-border Network

  • The Aboriginal Peoples Transnational Niche

Explanation

Question 24 of 57

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A minority language is one that:

Select one of the following:

  • Is spoken by everyone in a specific region of the country

  • Is spoken by the minority of people in a country

  • Is only spoken by those who are considered minority people

Explanation

Question 25 of 57

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What is the purpose of the Canadian Ratio and Television Commission (CRTC)?

Select one of the following:

  • An independent public authority aimed at regulating and promoting the Canadian culture

  • An independent public authority aimed at providing independent news free from bias to Canadians

  • An independent public authority aimed at assisting small Canadian business owners to succeed

Explanation

Question 26 of 57

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Check all that apply - In Canada, Bill 101:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Was passed in 1977

  • Was passed in Quebec

  • Was passed to promote English as the primary language

  • Set out as a goal to ensure Quebec remained a Francophone society

  • Promoted the use of English on signs in Quebec

Explanation

Question 27 of 57

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Why did some Anglophones flee Quebec in the late 1970's?

Select one of the following:

  • They were required to study in French only at school due to Bill 101

  • They were discriminated against in employment and could not jobs

  • They suffered religious persecution due to British heritage

Explanation

Question 28 of 57

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What is the difference between CanCon and CAVCO?

Select one of the following:

  • CanCon is the regulatory authority governing the broadcast in Canada, while CAVCO is the actual points system which measures the content produced to be considered Canadian.

  • CanCon is the amount of Canadian content that Canadian broadcasters must broadcast, while CAVCO is the actual points system which measures the content produced to be considered Canadian.

  • CanCon is the amount of Canadian content that Canadian broadcasters must broadcast, while CAVCO is simply another name for Canadian Content.

Explanation

Question 29 of 57

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The stages of language viability are: Viable, Viable but small, Endangered, Near Extinction, and Extinct. Latin, Cornish, Gothic, Beothuk are all examples of extinct languages.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 57

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Check all that apply - What are ways that our society is becoming homogenized?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Clothing trends across the world

  • Internet

  • Movies released globally like Star Wars

  • Traditions in small communities

  • Low cost, global air transportation

Explanation

Question 31 of 57

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Homogenization is _____________, while assimilation is _________________.

Select one of the following:

  • Homogenization is when differences between values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, and traditions are reduced, while assimilation is when a larger ethnic group absorbs a minority group.

  • Homogenization is when a larger ethnic group absorbs a smaller minority group, while assimilation is the intentional reduction of a culture's traditions and beliefs.

  • Homogenization includes acts to intentionally preserve the beliefs, attitudes, traditions, and values of a culture keeping them different, while assimilation is when a larger ethnic group absorbs a minority group.

Explanation

Question 32 of 57

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A monoculture occurs through homogenization when everyone into one culture.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 57

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Check all that apply - Examples of assimilation include:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Being forced to give up traditional language in favor of the majority language

  • Preserving cultural rituals in daily life

  • Voluntarily taking on global beliefs and teaching the new beliefs to youth

Explanation

Question 34 of 57

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Marginalization occurs when:

Select one of the following:

  • Groups or individuals are pulled into the majority group of society forgetting traditional ways

  • Groups or individuals are made to believe a different way of life

  • Groups or individuals are left out of the main group of society (politically, socially, economically)

Explanation

Question 35 of 57

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An accommodation occurs when:

Select one of the following:

  • A statement to individuals or groups requesting change too comply with the majority

  • A specific intent exclude a member or group of society because of different views or beliefs

  • A change to a standard or policy occurs with the specific intent to include an individual or group

Explanation

Question 36 of 57

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Secularism is a distinct and total separation between state institutions and religious institutions

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 37 of 57

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Integration is:

Select one of the following:

  • An intentional change in the environment where diverse identities are supported and nurtured

  • An intentional change in the environment to exclude certain members of society based on beliefs

  • An intentional attempt to change the views of diverse identities to the majority view

Explanation

Question 38 of 57

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A city is said to be more "cosmopolitan" when it becomes less diverse and holds a strong majority view in politics, religions, and views on society.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 39 of 57

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Acculturation is:

Select one of the following:

  • When people adapt to a new culture at the speed and to the extent they desire

  • When people adapt to a new culture at the speed and the extent the majority desires them to

  • When people adapt to a new culture at a slower speed and lower extent than desired by majority

Explanation

Question 40 of 57

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Check all that apply - Examples of integration are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Intentionally segregating black and white kids in schools in the US in the 1960's

  • Intentionally forcing Aboriginal children to learn English and enter the Anglophone school system

  • Intentionally providing scholarships for minority children to attend the best school in an area

Explanation

Question 41 of 57

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A Co-operative is a business owned jointly by members who share the profits equally.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 42 of 57

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Cultural revitalization is:

Select one of the following:

  • Use of modern technologies with the sole purpose of increasing trade and growing majority population

  • Use of modern technologies and global markets to promote a place as unique in a diverse society

  • Use of modern technologies and global markets to hold down the minority population

Explanation

Question 43 of 57

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What is another name for Bill 101?

Select one of the following:

  • Quebec's French Bill

  • Charter of French Language

  • Assimilation of Francophones

Explanation

Question 44 of 57

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Check all the apply - La Francophone works to:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Encourage wealthy countries to pool resources and help less wealthy countries with projects

  • Promote English as the majority language to establish one singular way to community globally

  • Preserve the French language globally

  • Promote television broadcasting (TV5) in French

Explanation

Question 45 of 57

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What are traditions?

Select one of the following:

  • The ideas of mainstream culture.

  • The customs of a family or culture.

  • A political system in which laws apply to everyone equally.

Explanation

Question 46 of 57

1

Language is a method of human communication?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 47 of 57

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What is interdependence ?

Select one of the following:

  • the growing of mutual dependence among peoples, socially, economically, and politically.

  • living without the help of others and goverment.

  • the process of becoming more globally connected.

Explanation

Question 48 of 57

1

Multiculturalism is a reflection of many different cultures?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 49 of 57

1

What is Ta Moko?

Select one of the following:

  • Permanent body and face markings by Papoka, indigenous people of Canada

  • Prison tattoos.

  • Permanent body and face markings by Ta moko, indigenous people of New Zealand.

Explanation

Question 50 of 57

1

Maori are the aboriginal people of New Zealand?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 51 of 57

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What is the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism?

Select one of the following:

  • Canada was recognized as an official bilingual and bicultural country.

  • A group establish to remove French as an official language in Canada.

  • the customs of a family or culture

Explanation

Question 52 of 57

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What is a Metis?

Select one or more of the following:

  • A person of mixed American Indian and Africain ancestry living around the areas of Red and Saskatchewan rivers in 19th century.

  • A person of mixed American indian and Euro-American ancestry living around the areas of Red and Saskatchewan rivers in 19th century. .

  • A person of 100% American Indian ancestry living around the areas of Red and Saskatchewan rivers in 19th century.

Explanation

Question 53 of 57

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A pluralistic society is a society that does not respect the diversity of languages, beliefs, values and religions and others.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 54 of 57

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A Quebecois is a French speaking native of Quebec?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 55 of 57

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What is segregation?

Select one of the following:

  • The volunteer separation of different racial groups in country, community or establishment.

  • The separation of State and Religion.

  • The enforced separation of different racial groups in country, community or establishment.

Explanation

Question 56 of 57

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Media concentration is a phenomenon in which increasing numbers of people and corps own media outlets.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 57 of 57

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One of the most well known and the most horrible examples of ethnocentrism to ever occur was during Nazi Germany.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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