Unit 1

Question 1

globalization

Answer 1

-the process that is making the world’s citizens increasingly interdependent economically, socially, politically, environmentally, and technologically

Question 2

pluralistic society

Answer 2

• multicultural society
• society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country

Question 3

transnationals

Answer 3

• corporations that operate in two or more countries

- also, people who are citizens of more than one country

Question 4

society

Answer 4

-a group of people who from an ordered community centred on kinship, an ideology, a religion, or a particular world view

Question 5

the global village

Answer 5

• 1960s Marshall McLuhan

- the idea that the entire world are becoming one large community interconnected by technology, particularly television

Question 6

United Nations (UN)

Answer 6

• established after WWII

- an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operations

Question 7

La Francophonie

Answer 7

-an international organization representing countries where French is a first language

Question 8

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Answer 8

• an intergovernmental political and military alliance of many countries
• also called Atlantic Alliance

Question 9

individual identity

Answer 9

-the traits that make up a person’s sense of individuality

Question 10

collective identity

Answer 10

-the combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people

Question 11

traditions

Answer 11

-the customs of a family or culture

Question 12

minority group

Answer 12

-an ethnic, linguistic, or religious group whose numbers are small compared with those of the dominant culture

Question 13

official bilingualism

Answer 13

-an official government policy under which a country or province recognizes two official languages

Question 14

universalization of popular culture

Answer 14

-media transnationals producing the majority of television programs, film, magazines etc. that are consumed by a large world audience

Question 15

hybridization

Answer 15

-the blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption

Question 16

media transnational

Answer 16

-a mass media corporation that produces television programs, films, music, books, etc. in two or more countries

Question 17

media consolidation

Answer 17

-mergers of media transnationals that result in a concentration of ownership

Question 18

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Answer 18

-Canada’s national Anglophone public broadcaster of television and radio

Question 19

Official Languages Act

Answer 19

-a law that gives English and French equal status in the government of Cananda

Question 20

Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC)

Answer 20

-the public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media

Question 21

Canadian Content (CanCon)

Answer 21

-mount of Canadian participation in Canada’s broadcasting industry in areas like direction, writing, performance, cinematography, music composition etc.

Question 22

Societe Radio-Canada

Answer 22

-Canada’s national Francophone public broadcaster of television and radio

Question 23

homogenization

Answer 23

-a trend towards uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result if globalization

Question 24

monoculture

Answer 24

-the uniform global popular culture that results from globalization

Question 25

assimilation

Answer 25

-the absorption of a minority group by a dominant group

Question 26

marginalization

Answer 26

-the pushing of a group to the "margins" of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power

Question 27

accommodation

Answer 27

-an inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society

Question 28

secularism

Answer 28

-the complete separation between matters of state and religion

Question 29

integration

Answer 29

-the incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society

Question 30

cosmopolitan

Answer 30

-reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated

Question 31

acculturation

Answer 31

-change as a result of contact with other cultural groups

Question 32

cultural revitalization

Answer 32

-a process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs

Question 33

Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Answer 33

- a statement of the fundamental rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens - part of Constitution