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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. * Reading assignment Read the following sections in your book: 1.1 pages 1-5 4.2 pages 38-39 4.3 – well learn about this today. Pages 39-40 4.4 pages 40-41 4.8 page 44 4.9 page 45 Questions about the reading: 1. Explain further what the author means by “the understanding of privacy between Americans and Chinese is not identical at all” in section 4.9 2. Section 4.8 talks about “three donts.” What are some other “donts” you learned in class the first week? 3. Explain in detail how sections 4.2 and 4.4 are similar. 4. Does section 1.1 change your view of America? If it does, how? * 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 discove