Globalization Flashcards

Unit 2 of Social Studies (Chapter 1) (10 cards)

1
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Globalization

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A process by which diverse communities are incorporated into a common society.

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2
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Transnational Corporation (TNC)

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A company or business that establishes facilities overseas. Are based on local need. (Mcdo making ‘Filipino style’ spaghetti)

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3
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Multinational Corporation (MNC)

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A foreign-owned company whose products or services are not based on local need. (Coca-cola)

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4
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He mentioned that forms of globalization had emerged in the past, and that the present globalization is the highest form and fastest cycle.

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Jan Aart Scholte

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An organization founded in 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia to promote the development of the oil industry worldwide.

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OPEC (The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

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6
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He emphasized that there is a definite beginning of globalization.

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Goran Therborn

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7
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Hypothesized that globalization is a manifestation of human desire to improve economic necessities.

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Nayan Chanda

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8
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This treaty was intended for better supportive measures against any external threats to the Philippines and the USA alongside their other interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Mutual Defense Treaty

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9
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It was a defense organization that aimed to respond to the threat of Soviet Union to the United States and other Western European countries.

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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10
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This agreement allows the Philippines and the USA to promote joint scientific investigations and capacitate relationships between their respective scientific insitutions and communities for common goals.

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Philippines-United States Science and Technology Agreement

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