Module 19-6

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popular culture

A collection of ideas, attitudes, and images that are part of a mainstream culture heavily influenced by and spread through the media

Kyoto Protocol

An international treaty that seeks to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Why is technology a key driver of economic globalization?

Computers changed industries and the role of individual workers. They made it possible for workers to share information through computer networks. Devices such as laptops and cell phones allow people to work at home. Companies can outsource tasks such as support services.

How does the Internet help cultural diffusion happen constantly?

Cultures can be spread through the internet and absorbed into others

comparative advantage

The idea that a nation will specialize in what it can produce at a lower opportunity cost, or trade-off, than any other nation

free trade

The policy in international markets in which governments do not restrict imports or exports

globalization

The process of international integration resulting from the interchange of worldviews, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture

cultural diffusion

The way cultural practices spread from one community to another

A business uses subcontractors in a country where children are forced to work in dangerous conditions. When this fact is shared with the American public, how are they likely to react?

They may refuse to buy the companies goods or services


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