diverse communities and their surroundings

Question 1

What is the purpose of the WTO (World Trade Organization)?

Answer 1

To deal with international trade rules among countries and avoid trade disputes.

Question 2

What are some examples of religious institutions’ monuments of worship?

Answer 2

Churches
Temples
Mosques
Synagogues

Question 3

What are the social institutions and why are they important?

Answer 3

They are interrelated systems of social norms and social roles.
They are organized and provide patterns of behavior that contribute to meeting the basic social needs of society.

Question 4

What are the five major social institutions?

Answer 4

Family
State or government
Economy
Education
Religion

Question 5

What is the definition of assimilation?

Answer 5

Process in which groups or individuals learn to absorb the dominant culture of the society.
Individuals live and do not maintain any form of their own culture.

Question 6

What is the definition of acculturation

Answer 6

Minority cultures in a society maintain some of their cultural identity while blending with the larger culture.

Question 7

Define and give an example of forced assimilation.

Answer 7

Minority groups being forced to give up their cultural identity by being pressured into adopting the norms and customs of the larger community.
Example: American customs being forced onto Native Americans in the 16th, 19th, and 20th centuries.