SOCIAL 10 1 ALBERTA COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● a society in which a diversity of
languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and Perspectives on
Globalization
other aspects of culture are embedded as part of
the foundations of the country; a society that
respects and values the individual and collective
opinions and identities of all people
Answer: pluralistic society
●● corporations that operate in two or
more countries; also, people who are citizens of
more than one country
Answer: transnational
●● a group of people who form an ordered
community centred on kinship, an ideology, a
religion, or a particular world view
Answer: society
,●● 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
Answer: Global Village
●● an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain
international peace and security, develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international co-operation and be a center for
harmonizing the actions of nations
Answer: United Nations
●● an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American
and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic
Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949
Answer: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
●● the traits that make up a
person's sense of individuality
Answer: individual identity
, ●● the combination of beliefs,
values, view of history, and language of a
people
Answer: collective identity
●● the customs of a family or culture
Answer: traditions
●● an ethnic, linguistic, or religious
group whose numbers are small compared with
those of the dominant culture
Answer: minority groups
●● an official government policy
under which a country or province recognizes
two official languages, for example, English and
French in Canada
Answer: official bilingualism
●● the production
by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films,
magazines and so on that
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● a society in which a diversity of
languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and Perspectives on
Globalization
other aspects of culture are embedded as part of
the foundations of the country; a society that
respects and values the individual and collective
opinions and identities of all people
Answer: pluralistic society
●● corporations that operate in two or
more countries; also, people who are citizens of
more than one country
Answer: transnational
●● a group of people who form an ordered
community centred on kinship, an ideology, a
religion, or a particular world view
Answer: society
,●● 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
Answer: Global Village
●● an intergovernmental organization that was tasked to maintain
international peace and security, develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international co-operation and be a center for
harmonizing the actions of nations
Answer: United Nations
●● an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American
and European countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic
Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949
Answer: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
●● the traits that make up a
person's sense of individuality
Answer: individual identity
, ●● the combination of beliefs,
values, view of history, and language of a
people
Answer: collective identity
●● the customs of a family or culture
Answer: traditions
●● an ethnic, linguistic, or religious
group whose numbers are small compared with
those of the dominant culture
Answer: minority groups
●● an official government policy
under which a country or province recognizes
two official languages, for example, English and
French in Canada
Answer: official bilingualism
●● the production
by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films,
magazines and so on that
