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Food Insecurity
Lack of secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth, development, and an active healthy life
Sports and Globalization
NBA: Broadcasts in 40+ languages, in 212 countries (80/430 players are international) FIFA: 200 national members MLB: "Pipeline" between Dominican Republic and U.S. (Major League runs training camps)
The Global Music Project
Aims to preserve the uniqueness of different forms of music Promotes cross-cultural appreciation for music and the unique culture it represents
Culture
Set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional features of society or a social group that encompasses everything Basic needs that brought people together/unified them: Food, water, and shelter
Culture Shock
Physical and psychological response to the cultural differences when traveling away from home
Capitalism
A system of economic organization based on private property and free markets
Adam Smith
Wrote "The Wealth of the Nations" (1776) Coined the invisible hand Father of modern economics
Alexander Von Humboldt
The father of geography Coined the word geography
Geographic Borders
Main unit of analysis: Physical Earth Field of Study: Geography
Politcial Borders
Main unit of analysis: States Field of study: Political Science
Economic Borders
Main unit of analysis: Markets Field of study: Economics
Social Borders
Main unit of analysis: Class Field of study: Sociology
Cultural Borders
Main unit of analysis: Nations Field of study: Anthropology
Bretton Woods
1944 Established: IMF, World Bank, and the General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT) Helped the core countries and the expense of peripheral countries (Good for Northern countries, harmed the Global South)
Globalization
Political, economic, social, and cultural flows across an international system
Globalization Benefits
Allows up to interact with others more than ever before, can improve standards of living, connects people globally, creates jobs, increases education
Cartography
The depiction of physical and human-made borders
Global Issues
Challenges that transcend state boundaries and require a collective response. Global Warming, human rights protection, poverty, education, etc.
International Migration
Movement of people, happening as an accelerated and unprecedented rate
Comparative Advantage
Countries should produce and export what they're best at
The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS)
Developed by Milton Bennet How people or groups tend to think/feel about cultural differences Stages: 1. Denial (isolation) 2. Defense (denigration) 3. Minimization (physical integration) 4. Acceptance (respect) 5. Adaptation (empathy) 6. Integration (contextual __) Stages 1…
Milton Bennet
Developed the DMIS
Digitization
The conversion of information to a computer ready format
Malthusian Dilemma
The conflict inherent in the idea that the growth of the world's population increases geometrically whereas the production of food can only increase arithetically
Digital Divide
Unequal access to the Internet that separates those who have it and those who do not
The World is Flat
By: Thomas Friedman Flattening of the World in 5 Steps: 1. China 2. Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) 3. India 4. Supply Chains (Wal-Mart) 5. Internet (1991): First webpage and Netscape (1995)
Emerging Economic Centers
Russia China India
Studying Abroad
U.K. in the #1 place for Americans to travel China is the #1 place for international students to travel Benefits: Exposure to foreign culture, make contacts and relationships, traveling, good on resume, language skills
Service Learning
Work with agencies/NGO's with an international agenda Volunteer to assist immigrant groups About 600 VCU students go abroad yearly
The Open Door 2011
The total number of American students studying abroad has tripled over the past two decades
The United Nations
1945 Security Council (Big 5): The United States, Russia, France, England, China Committed to: 1. Maintaining international peace 2. Developing friendly relations among nations 3. Promoting social progress, better living and human rights
Industrial Revolution
The transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from 1760-1820
Cyberterrorism
The unlawful attack and manipulation of Internet information to further a personal or group's gain
Niccolo' Machiavelli
16th century Italy Wrote: The Prince Early conceptualization of realism - "The Ends justifies the means"
The European Union
Established 1993 by the Treaty of Maastricht, based on the European Economic Community Formed on 3 Pillars: 1. European Community 2. Common Foreign and Security Policy 3. Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
Treaty of Masstricht
Signed February 7, 1992 by the members of the European Community Formally the Treaty on European Union or TEU
McDonaldization
Describes a sociological phenomenon, takes a task and breaks it down into smaller tasks
Containment
Policy of the United States during the Cold War that checked aggressive Soviet actions by military alliances
Realism
Political philosophy that sees the struggle for power and the potential for conflict as a necessary evil in the pursuit of national interest
International Law
The regulation of relations among sovereign states emerging from customary practices
Transferable Skills
Talents and abilities that may be applied to a range of settings and job environments
Intercultural Competance
Ability to communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds and with different interests
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
Leads international efforts to defeat hunger

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