UNIT ONE Social Studies vocab

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    • What is Hybridization?
      The blending of media and communication technologies, which results in cross-cultural consumption and new ways of expression
    • What is globalization?
      The process that makes the world's citizens increasingly interdependent economically, politically, socially, environmentally, and technologically.
    • What is Media Concentration?
      The concentration of media ownership
    • What is the CRTC?
      The public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media
    • What does the CRTC stand for?
      Canadian Radio and Television Commission
    • What is interdependence?
      Mutual dependence
    • What are Retail Operations?
      Businesses that sell goods and services to the public
    • What are Transnationals?

      Corporations that operate in two OR more countries
      People who are citizens of more than ONE country
    • What is "Global Village"?
      The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s, that the entire world and its inhabitants are becoming one large community interconnected by technology, particularly television
    • What is Democracy?
      A political system in which the law applies equally to all people.
    • What are Traditions?
      The customs of a family OR culture
    • What is Language?
      A method of human communication either spoken OR written, in which words are combined in an agreed way
    • What is a "Pluralistic Society"?

      A society that respects and values the individual and collective opinions and identities of all people.
    • What is Assimilation?
      The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group.
    • What is popular culture?
      The set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system. 
    • What is CAVCO?

      The agency that judges Canadian content in Canada's Broadcasting industry.
    • What does CAVCO stand for?
      Canadian Audio Visual Certification Office
    • What is Segregation?
      The act of separating a person or group from the rest of society or other groups.
    • What is Integration?
      The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society
    • What is Acculturation?
      Change as a result of contact with other cultural groups
    • What is Marginalization?
      The pushing of a group to the "margins" of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power
    • What is Identity?
       The distinguishing character or personality of an individual
    • What is "Bill 101"?
      The language law in Quebec; protects and promotes the French language within the province
    • What is another name for "Bill 101"?
      The Charter of the French Language
    • What is Ethnocentric?
      The belief that one's ethnic group is the most superior over others.
    • What is Anglophone?
      English-speaking person
    • What is Francophone?
      French-speaking person
    • What are the Metis?
      A community of people mixed with European traders and Indigenous ancestry in Canada.
    • What is Homogenization?
      A trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result of globalization.
    • What is Cultural Revitalization?
      A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages OR reviving traditions and customs.
    • What are the Quebecois?
      A native from Quebec
    • What is Official Bilingualism?
      An official government policy under which a country OR province recognizes two official languages.
    • What is an example of official bilingualism?
      French and English in Canada
    • Who are the Maori?
      The Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
    • What does "CBC" stand for?
      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    • What is "CBC"?
      Canada's national Anglophone public broadcaster of television and radio programming
    • What is "APTN"?
      Aboriginal Canadian television network that produces programming by and for Aboriginal peoples
    • What does "APTN" stand for?
      Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
    • What is the "Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism"?
      A commission that protects and promotes the relationship between the two official languages of Canada
    • What is the "Official Languages Act Canadian Content"?
      A part of the legislation that promotes the equality of English and French within Canadian federal institutions.
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