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* Review from last lesson! Using your own judgments to explore and either accept or reject solutions to questions where there are no definite answers is . . . ________ _________ Americans are encouraged to “______ _____ _____” when solving problems. Which country values harmony and relationships? Which country values individualism and personal freedoms choices? What topics are inappropriate to talk about when meeting a Westerner for the first time? -Politics, Religion, Race, Salary, Physical deformities, Weight, Age What does it mean to stereotype someone? - To judge someone before you know them based on their physical appearance or social status. (Not fair or right!)? What is a sub-culture? - A group of people with a culture that is different from the larger culture to which they belong. Bering Strait land bridge : 15-10 thousand years ago people used this to cross over to North America. New Lesson : Brief history of American and British relationship 2-10 thousand years ago many civilizations already existed. Some more advanced than others. Mesopotamia China Indo China India Egypt Central America Europe 1. Europe wanted to trade with India and China 2. 1453 Muslims took over Eastern Roman Empire = no easy route to India or China. Europeans wanted products like: spices, silk, gunpowder indigo dye This problem caused a BIG discovery! “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Looking for a better way to reach Asia, Europeans sailed west. Sailing for Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west and landed in the “new world.” Thinking he was in India, he incorrectly called the native people “Indians.” Native Americans There were many cultures and tribes in North and South America before the Europeans arrived. Europeans didnt respect their culture. Conflicts and wars broke out resulting in many Native American deaths. ...In the past ...Today 3 reasons Columbus was able to sail to the new world. Capitalism- Europe changed from Feudalism to this in