Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Get to Know Your Hometown Worksheet
available on the student website
dentify a group of people who have recently migrated to the United States. Use the
terms in Chapter 3 to answer these questions: Where did they originate? Why did
they come? How have members of their immigrant group influenced American culture
and economics?
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Major Religions of the World Matrix
located on the student website.
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Major Religions of the World Matrix
located on the student website.
How can language be used to maintain local culture and ethnic identity against an
onslaught of popular culture? How effective do you think it could be? Why?
Choose one of the religions discussed in Ch.6 of the text and compare it with
Christianity. How do the adherents of these faiths differ in their beliefs about
economic and resource development? Do you think one will be more successful than
the other due to these beliefs? Why?
You are an American television news reporter working on a piece about the European
Union (EU). Your editor wants you to describe the EU to American viewers providing
a brief history and explaining its importance in the world, using the United States for
comparison. In your piece, discuss the following areas:
Have the elements of identity discussed in Ch. 5 been used to isolate and oppress
people? If yes, how have they been used this way? If no, how have they avoided
being used this way?
Cultural and social identity are complex and dynamic concepts. Do you think cultural
and social identities are constructed intentionally, or do they just happen? Does that
make a difference? Why or why not?
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Production Patterns in Less and More
Developed Countries Worksheet located on the student website.
Settling down in one place (urbanization), a rising population, and the switch from
hunting-gathering to agriculture are interrelated occurrences in human history. Which
of these three do you think happened first, second, and third? Why do you think they
happened in that order?
Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: United States and China Comparison
worksheet available on the student website.
Your company currently makes and sells a product in the United States. It is
considering expanding its sales and production to other countries. You have been
asked to study potential countries for this expansion and report back to the company
CEO with your recommendations in a presentation.
Identify a product that your imaginary company is considering for foreign production
and sales.
Choose three countries from three different continents