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| A question or situation that involves thoughtful, wel informed people in an honest and sincere dialogue that may lead to different conclusions about how to respond |
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| An individuals opinion about a matter, based on his or her personal experiences |
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| A people's world view, one that has developed from its collective experiences. |
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| The process that is making the world's citizens increasingly interdependent economically, socially, politically, environmentally, and technology. |
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| The collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is known or recognized by. |
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| Circumstances or surroundings |
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| Somone to whom others look at as an example or emulate |
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| A group to which a person belongs and itentifies with |
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| Transnational Corporation |
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| A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products in more then one country. |
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| The gatheriwng of ownership of newspapers and other media in the handds of a few large corporations |
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| The use of electronic technology to intergrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and the internet |
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| Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in larger quantity |
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| Variety of plants and animal species |
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| A trend toward uniformity as with world popular culture as a result of globalization |
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| The culture changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt , to eachothers worlviews |
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| An inclusive approach that allows religion or ethnic gruops to maintain their destinctive cultures within mainstream society |
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| The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group |
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| The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group |
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| The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group |
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| The process of affierming and promoting peoplee's individual and collective cultural identity. |
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| The gap that seperates people who do- and do not- have access to up-to-date digital technology |
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| Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal |
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| short form for "popular culture" which is the culture of people. This term often refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercail mass media |
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| The spread of culture, trends, customs, and practices around the world |
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| The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new |
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| Laws passed by the government to prevent a group's cultural identity- including artists, performers, songs, movies, and literature- from being overwhelmed by the media |
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| Variety in cultures and identities |
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