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Globalization and identity

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Globalization and identity

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  1. A country that limits foreign content on its radio and television is practising

    1. a) cultural protectionism
    2. b) free trade
    3. c) economic globalization
    4. d) cultural homogenization

  2. The strongest argument that globalization is not new is that

    1. a) all countries have always been equal
    2. b) borders never existed
    3. c) trade networks, empires and migration connected distant regions for centuries
    4. d) the internet is old

  3. Globalization is best described as

    1. a) the process by which the world's people become increasingly connected and interdependent
    2. b) the spread of one country's culture to all others
    3. c) a trade agreement
    4. d) the end of national borders

  4. Globalization differs from internationalism in that globalization is

    1. a) the same thing
    2. b) a process that happens, while internationalism is a chosen policy of cooperation
    3. c) limited to trade
    4. d) a government policy

  5. Cultural diversity refers to

    1. a) the number of languages a person speaks
    2. b) one dominant culture
    3. c) the variety of cultures within a society or the world
    4. d) a government policy only

  6. Hybridization is the argument that cultures under globalization

    1. a) blend and adapt rather than simply being replaced
    2. b) become identical
    3. c) disappear entirely
    4. d) stay unchanged

  7. Interdependence means that countries

    1. a) rely on each other, so what happens in one affects others
    2. b) are completely independent
    3. c) share one government
    4. d) have the same culture

  8. Cultural homogenization is the concern that globalization

    1. a) increases the number of languages
    2. b) makes cultures more alike, often along Western lines
    3. c) protects traditional cultures
    4. d) creates new cultures

  9. Of these, the technology that most accelerated globalization in recent decades is

    1. a) the printing press
    2. b) the steam engine
    3. c) the internet
    4. d) the telegraph

  10. Cultural revitalization refers to

    1. a) the creation of new media
    2. b) the spread of popular culture
    3. c) the loss of a culture
    4. d) deliberate efforts to restore a language or culture under pressure

Answer key · Globalization and identity

Social Studies 10-1 · maddyhelps.com

  1. a) cultural protectionism — Canadian content rules are the textbook case. Defenders argue a small market needs protection to have a culture of its own; critics argue it limits choice — and the argument mirrors the trade one exactly.
  2. c) trade networks, empires and migration connected distant regions for centuries — The Silk Road, the Columbian exchange and the age of empire all moved goods, people, ideas and diseases across continents. What is new is the speed and the volume, and saying that precisely is stronger than saying globalization began in 1990.
  3. a) the process by which the world's people become increasingly connected and interdependent — The Alberta program defines it as a process of growing connection and interdependence across economies, cultures and politics. It is a process, not a policy, which is why the course asks to what <i>extent</i> to embrace it rather than whether to allow it.
  4. b) a process that happens, while internationalism is a chosen policy of cooperation — States choose internationalism; globalization happens with or without a decision. Sources use the two loosely, and noticing which is meant is often the point of a source question.
  5. c) the variety of cultures within a society or the world — Globalization can increase the diversity available to any one person while reducing the diversity that exists overall — and separating those two effects is often the heart of a good answer.
  6. a) blend and adapt rather than simply being replaced — It is the strongest reply to the homogenization argument, and examples are easy to find in food, music and language. A good essay tests both against the same case rather than choosing one to believe.
  7. a) rely on each other, so what happens in one affects others — A shortage in one country raises prices in another; a factory closure abroad costs jobs at home. Interdependence is what makes globalization a political question rather than only an economic one.
  8. b) makes cultures more alike, often along Western lines — The counter-argument is hybridization: cultures borrow and adapt rather than simply being replaced. Both processes are observable, and a strong essay says where each applies.
  9. c) the internet — Each of the others was decisive in its own era; the internet collapsed the cost of moving information to almost nothing. Naming the era as well as the technology is what makes the point historical rather than vague.
  10. d) deliberate efforts to restore a language or culture under pressure — Indigenous language immersion schools in Canada are the standard example. It is the response to the loss, which is why it belongs in a discussion of globalization's effects rather than apart from it.