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Globalization
The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.
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Hybridization
cultural syncretism
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Cultural Nationalism
A process of protecting, either formally (with laws) or informally (with social values), the primacy of a certain cultural system against influences (real or imagined) from another culture.
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Cultural Imperialism
spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others or imposition on other cultures which it modifies, replaces, or destroys.
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Nation-state
a relatively homogeneous cultural group with its own political territory
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Sustainable Development
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Green Revolution
term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations that led to significant increases in agricultural production between the 1940s and 1960s.
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Insolation
the amount of the sun's energy that reaches earth at a given time and place
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Deforestation
The process of clearing the land of forests, often to make space for farms and cities.
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Less Developed Countries
Also known as developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in economic development
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More Developed Countries
A country that is highly industrialized with a diverse economy and the people have a higher standard of living
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Squatter Settlement
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures
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Indigenous Cultures
a culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory
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Subsistence Agriculture
Agriculture designed primarily to provide food for direct consumption by the farmer and the farmer's family
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Overurbanization
a condition experienced in many LDCs in which the city grows more rapidly than the jobs and housing it can maintain.
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Transnational Firms
Firms and corporation, that although may be headquarters in one country do international business through an array of global subsidiaries
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