1) Globalization
Definition-
TRNSITIVE VERB:
To make global or worldwide in scope or application.
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For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class.
John J. Sweeney
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2) Culture
Definition-
NOUN:
a. The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.
b. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.
c. These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression: religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.
d. The predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group or organization.
1. Intellectual and artistic activity and the works produced by it.
a. Development of the intellect through training or education.
b. Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.
2. A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
3. Special training and development: voice culture for singers and actors.
4. The cultivation of soil; tillage.
5. The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock.
6. Biology
a. The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
b. Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To cultivate.
a. To grow (microorganisms or other living matter) in a specially prepared nutrient medium.
b. To use (a substance) as a medium for culture: culture milk.
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In Australia and England we're very much influenced by the American culture. We've been watching American movies and listening to American music since we were teeny little kids.
Naomi Watts Quotes
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3) Civilization
Definition-
NOUN:
1. An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
2. The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch: Mayan civilization; the civilization of ancient Rome.
3. The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state.
4. Cultural or intellectual refinement; good taste.
5. Modern society with its conveniences: returned to civilization after camping in the mountains.
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One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of the means to power and coercion. It is, of course, natural to assume that these difficulties are not inherent in the nature of civilization itself but are determined by the imperfections of the cultural forms which have so far been developed. ~Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion
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4) History
Definition-
NOUN:
pl. his·to·ries
1. A narrative of events; a story.
a. A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events: a history of the Vikings.
b. A formal written account of related natural phenomena: a history of volcanoes.
c. A record of a patient's medical background.
d. An established record or pattern of behavior: an inmate with a history of substance abuse.
2. The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events: "History has a long-range perspective" (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn).
a. The events forming the subject matter of a historical account.
b. The aggregate of past events or human affairs: basic tools used throughout history.
c. An interesting past: a house with history.
d. Something that belongs to the past: Their troubles are history now.
e. Slang One that is no longer worth consideration: Why should we worry about him? He's history!
3. A drama based on historical events: the histories of Shakespeare.
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History is a cyclic poem written by Time upon the memories of man. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley
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5) Progress
Definition-
NOUN:
1. Movement, as toward a goal; advance.
2. Development or growth: students who show progress.
3. Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization: a believer in human progress. See Synonyms at development.
4. A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through his or her realm.
intr.v.
pro·gress
To advance; proceed: Work on the new building progressed at a rapid rate.
1. To advance toward a higher or better stage; improve steadily: as medical technology progresses.
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If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
Barack Obama
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