Key Concepts and Terms

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Globalization

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Trend in which the people of the world are becoming more unified

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Cultural Diffusion

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Blending of ideas and technology between cultures

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Bias

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Having an unfair or unbalanced opinion

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Perspective

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Point of view that can be shaped by life experiences such as ethnicity, class etc.

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Corroboration

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Compare evidence to see where they agree

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Positives of Globalization

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Spread new ideas, music, food; new job opportunities in developing countries; cheaper goods and more variety

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Negatives of Globalization

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More pollution; workers in developing countries face dangerous conditions, low pay; jobs leave developed countries

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Why can't map projections be completely accurate?

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3 dimensional map flattened to 2 dimensional flat surface-- there will always be distortions

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Mercator Projection

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Inaccurate in terms of sizes of landmass

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BCE

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Before Common Era