A WORLD VIEW OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY (Thomas Sowell)
The history of mankind is characterized by civilizations sharing cultural advances.
Provide an example for the article that demonstrates that all cultures constantly change
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Some features of cultures are better than others; cultures constantly replace some of their less useful features with advances (better features) from other cultures; provide an example from the article that demonstrates this change.
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Where do Arabic numbers, the compass and ancient Greece philosophy translations come from.
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Cultural features include concepts, survival techniques, information, products and technology, and even include indigenous plants. List several plants that we now consider indigenous to a country that actually were transplanted there.
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No country or cultural group is dominant permanently. Provide an example of a cultural group who dominated for a period of time but then declined.
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Persistent differences among cultures are due to their social histories as well as to their social and geographic environments. Provide examples of industries that are associated with a particular cultural group.
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In today's world, different cultural groups cannot remain isolated if they are to compete economically for a livelihood. They need to be able to use the knowledge of other cultures. Why is this critical?
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CULTURAL TRANSMISSION TODAY:
SOWELL REVISITED, (M. June Allard)
Why is Travel and Tourism important to cultural awareness?
What is a shortcoming of Travel and Toursism?
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Migration and Immigration Issues
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Immigration laws:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Impact of Immigrants: What do they bring and what do they cost?
A. The Economy__________________________________________________
B. Entrepreneurship________________________________________________
C. Employment/Productivity_________________________________________
D. Service and Consumer Products____________________________________
E. Taxes_________________________________________________________
F. Social Services_________________________________________________
G. Neighborhoods_________________________________________________
H. Assimilation___________________________________________________
Immigration Policy