Social 10 Unit 1

Which trend in globalization worries Canadian nationalists the most?

• modernization

• Westernization

• Americanization

• globalization of the English language

All of the following have encouraged globalization except

• lower transportation costs

• faster transportation vehicles

• improved communications technologies

• laws for the protection of languages and cultures

In today’s world, which technological developments allow the instantaneous transfer of huge amounts of written information to any location on the planet?

• digitization and the Internet

• containerization and passenger airplanes

• satellite radio and satellite television systems

• the printing press and mail sorting machines used by the international postal network

A mayor of Calgary would probably be most concerned with globalization’s impacts on

• Inuit culture and identity

• urban culture and identity

• spirituality and religious identity

• Francophone culture and identity

A prime minister of Canada would probably be most concerned with globalization’s impacts on

• local identity

• racial identity

• gender identity

• national identity

In today’s world, Nation X is most probably

• Japan

• China

• France

• The United States

An Aboriginal elder would probably be concerned most about globalization’s impact on

• entertainment.

• home shopping.

• Hollywood movies.

• humanity’s connection with nature.

“Coca-colonization” is the process of bringing a foreign country under the influence of

• French culture and trade.

• British culture and trade.

• U.S. popular culture and trade.

• Chinese popular culture and trade.

The extent to which globalization should shape identity is

• a two-sided issue

• a question of degree

• a non-issue for people in today’s world

• a question of great importance for Francophone Canadians but not for Aboriginal Canadians

The most-globalized communities in Canada are

• large cities

• small cities

• rural communities

• Indian reservations