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| An individuals opinion about anything from their own personal experience. Ex. Refusing to buy products that test on animals. |
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| Question or situation that includes thoughtful, well informed thinking that helps to generate an answer. Ex. Arguement. |
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| A groups opinion based on their collective identity. Ex. Religion. |
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| The process by which the world's citizens are becoming increasingly connected and interdependent. |
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| Made up of values that benefit who you are. |
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| Circumstances or surroundings. |
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| Some to whom others look as an example to follow. |
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| A group to which a person belongs and identifies with. |
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| Transnational Corporation (TNC) |
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| A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country. Also referred to as multinational corporation. |
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| The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations. |
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| Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities. |
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| Variety in plant and animal species. |
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| When this term is applied to people, it often refers to the erasing of cultural differences so that people become more and more similiar. |
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| The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other's worldviews. |
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| A process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. |
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| A process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture. |
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| The process of affirming and promoting people's individual and collective cultural identity. |
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| The gap that separates people who do and do not have access to up-to-date digital technology. |
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| Ideas and informationspread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal. |
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| Refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial 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 a government to prevent a group's cultural identity from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture. |
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| Variety in cultures and identities. |
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