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What does it mean to be biodegradable? |
It means to be capable of being decomposed by bacteria, thus reducing environmental pollution. |
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What is a boycott? |
A consumer's refusal to purchase goods or services from a company because of a disagreement with its corporate policies. |
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What is the excess buying of a particular brand or product in an attempt to counter a boycott of the same brand or product called? |
A buycott. |
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What is Canada World Youth? |
An international non-profit organization dedicated to providing dynamic youth with an opportunity to learn about other communities, cultures, and peoples while developing communication and leadership skills. |
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What is CIDA? |
Canadian International Development Agency; a government agency responsible for distributing foreign aid programs in less developed countries). |
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What is citizenship? |
Citizenship is about who you are as a member of society. |
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What are the economic and social gaps among individuals, countries, and communities known as? |
Disparities. |
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What is a word used to describe something that is different from the majority? |
Dissenting. |
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What is employment equity? |
The principle of equal pay for equal work. |
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What is a measure of a country's gross domestic product per capita called? |
GDP Index (one of the criteria for the UN Human Development Index). |
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What is the technology that allows genes from one species to be introduced into another to produce hardier or a higher yielding strain called? |
Genetic Modification (GM) |
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What was the period during the 1960s and 1970s when many traditional farming practices were replaced by technologies that created increased agricultural production in countries around the world called? |
The Green Revolution. |
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What is an NGO that promotes female workers' interests? |
GROOTS (Grassroots Organization Operating Together in Sisterhood). |
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What is the United Nation's measure of a country's level of development? |
The Human Development Index (based on GDP per capita, life expectancy at birth, adult literacy, and school enrolment) |
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What is the UN agency that has identified several areas of concern for women globally and what are these concerns? |
IANWGE (Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality). Concerns include violence, poverty, education, training, health, armed conflict, and women in power and decision. |
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What is infrastructure? |
Systems such as electrical power, transportation, and communication that supports economic activity. |
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What is internationalism? |
The policy of countries working together for the common good, regardless of race, religion, nationality, and so on. |
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What is a measure of a country's adult literacy rate combined with school enrolment rates? |
Knowledge Index (one of the criteria for the UN Human Development Index). |
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What is life expectancy index? (one of the criteria for the UN Human Development Index). |
A measure of people's life expectancy at birth (varies from country to country, and those with a short life expectancy tend to focus their energy on survival). |
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What is an NGO? |
A Non-Governmental Organization. |
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What is a pandemic? |
A worldwide epidemic. |
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What is a plebiscite? |
A direct vote in which the entire electorate can vote to express the will of the people; a non-binding referendum. |
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What does it mean to privatize? |
It means to enable the sale of government-owned industries and services to private businesses. |
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What is an essential, life-supporting resource used for the benefit of everyone that should not be exploited for profit? |
Public trust. |
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What is quality of life defined as? |
The conditions of a person's life. It includes not just material possessions, but also non-material things such as a clean environment, personal safety, political rights, etc. |
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What is a binding vote in which the entire electorate votes to accept or reject a proposal called? |
A referendum. |
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What is an example of an infectious disease that was at risk of turning into a pandemic? |
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). |
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What is standard of living? |
A common measure of the quantity and quality of goods and services to which people have access. |
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What is a transnational? |
A company or individual that extends or operates across international borders (can create social, political, economic, and cultural connections around the world). |
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What is an International Organization formed to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries? |
The UN (United Nations) |
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What is the basis of the UN policy since 1948 that defines the human rights to which every person on the globe is equally entitled to and what are these rights? |
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These rights include Political, Civil, Equality, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. |
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What is an organization that has attempted to protect and bring the benefits of globalization to workers not connected to a large company by connecting them with global trade unions that help promote and protect workers' interests? |
WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalization and Organizing organization) |
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What are the United Nation's 8 Millennium Development goals? |
To end poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality, child health, maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, and global partnership. |
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What is the western concept of wealth? |
It refers to property and money being owned. It "belongs to" an individual, community, or country (originated in the industrial revolution). |
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What country's currency is used to determine the GDP of a country? |
The United States' (because of it's economic and social power in the world). |
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What are some of the factors that contribute to disparity? |
Natural Resources, Literacy Rates, Life Expectancy, International Disputes, Earned Income, and Income Received plus Foreign aid. |
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What are the ways in which governments can react to globalization? |
By making laws and solving problems, by directly funding projects to address inequities overseas, by pressuring other governments, and by participating in intergovernmental organizations that undertake to resolve certain global issues. |
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What factors would you consider when comparing globalization's effects with quality of life? |
The presence of clean environments, personal safety, political rights, and the right to earn a living in traditional ways. |
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How can individuals and organizations respond to globalization? |
Individuals can make small choices, such as choosing to write on recycled paper, or choosing to not buy from a certain store that has been exploiting workers in third world countries. Organizations can make bigger effects by hosting fundraisers for global causes, or promoting the rights for a certain group of people who are currently suffering from affects of globalization. Individuals can also work through business and their government to achieve their goals to help people. |
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How can government respond to globalization? |
They have the responsibilities to make laws and solve problems, they can directly fund projects to address inequities over seas, they can pressure other governments, and can participate in intergovernmental that undertake to solve global issues. |
