The Changing World

Question 1

Seven Descriptors of Culture

Answer 1

FC LARGE -family patterns,customs and traditions,language, arts and literature,religion forms of government, economic systems

Question 2

customs and traditions

Answer 2

something families or groups of people do repeatedly.

Question 3

family patterns

Answer 3

expectations that a family has, such as driving kids to school

Question 4

arts and literature

Answer 4

helps people answer basic questions about the meaning and purpose of life

Question 5

What pieces of technology have changed the world? Has is been positive or negative?

Answer 5

Inventions can be double edge swords-carry unintended consequences,
disposable diapers ended need of cloth diapers- now landfills filled and no more diaper delivery men needed.
Kids working in factories and then the fire.
cotton gin increased slavery but speed up amount of cotton productivity
cell phones

Question 6

TRASH! -How does trash document the changing world?

Answer 6

(artifacts found in Jamestown Well- pots, clam shells, etc,. Paper Bag activity)= For example, candy wrapper- tells us food type, materials, language, science, diet, ingredients, number system
we can see what other cultures were like based on their trash- jamestown settlement- broken shells, etc. can learn a lot from it. Tell us about their diet, health,

Question 7

assimilation (social studies)

Answer 7

when 2 cultures came together forming an adopted culture-

Question 8

What are positives and negatives of technology?

Answer 8

Positive- cell phones communication easier, but took away letter writing, people expect to get you right away, cotton gin- more cotton but increased slavery, E=Mc2, huge jump in science but led to hiroshima

Question 9

Diffusion (science)

Answer 9

two things interact they MIX thus becoming a new thing- (bromine and oxygen)

Question 10

naturalization

Answer 10

to give citizenship to a person of foreign birth- willingly applying for - give up 2 descriptors of culture

Question 11

nativism

Answer 11

policy of favoring the natives over the immigrants- (stereotypes, racism)