Global Awareness

 Unit 3: Culture, Language, and Religion Review Instructions: Use the following guided questions to help study for your Unit 3 exam. Please make sure that you use complete sentences.  Guided Questions: 1. Define assimilation. Provide a real world example of a language assimilation. Provide a real world example of a religious assimilation.  2. Define ethnocentrism. Provide a real world example.  3. Define folk culture. Provide a real world example. Explain how folk culture diffuses. 4. Define pop culture. Provide a real world example. Explain how pop culture diffuses. 5. Identify the following indicators for Christianity: types of diffusion, holy sites, founder, ties with the Indo-European language family. 6. Identify the following indicators for Islam: types of diffusion, holy sites, founder, and pilgrimage. 7. Define cultural landscape. Provide a real world example of a religious cultural landscape. Include a visual representation to support your answer.  8. De...

  Refugee by Alan Gratz:  Isabel's Story (Cuba) Part 1 Chapter 2-23 Guided Reading Questions:  1. What is the main conflict in Isabel's story? What kind of conflict is this and how does it affect the character? Support with textual evidence (in-text citation).  2. What might motivate Papi and Lito to join the riot? What do they risk as a result? Support with textual evidence (in-text citation).  3. Characterize Isabel. What kind of person is she? Support with TWO pieces of textual evidence.  4. Describe the newest U.S. policy in 1994 when it comes to Cubans trying to flee. Why is this the new policy? Support your answer with textual evidence. 5. What sacrifice does Isabel make to secure seats in the Castillo boat? What would you be willing to give up in order to escape a dangerous situation? Support with evidence. 6. Pick one scene from the chapters that resonates with you. Draw the scene on a sheet of notebook paper. Upload your picture to this blog. ...

 Unit 2, Chapter 3: Migration Trends and Patterns Instructions : Using your geographic notebook and class activities, complete the following reflection review of Chapter 3. These questions will guide your comprehension of the major concepts discussed about the global population. You will use this as a study tool come test time (both your unit exam and AP exam in May). Guiding Questions : 1. Explain step migration. Explain chain migration. Provide real world examples. 2. Explain guest worker. Provide a real world example. Explain the effect of a guest worker on a receiving country.  3. Define asylum seeker. Define refugee. Compare the two terms. Provide real world examples.  4. Provide an example of environment, economic, political, cultural, and demographic PULL factors. 5. Provide an example of environment, economic, political, cultural, and demographic PUSH factors.  6. Profile the dominant traits seen in most migrating population groups.  MLA Reference Citati...

  Migration Case Study   Instructions : You will choose an article from the Google Drive folder. After reading the article, you will create a blog reflection to present your findings to the class. When you have finished your blog, you will submit your blog link to the Padlet on Google Classroom. Blog Set Up : 1. Title your Blog the Name of your Article 2. Provide the MLA Citation for your article under the title Guiding Questions : Provide an in-depth summary of the article that includes the following:  1. Explain the areas affected by the human migration in your article. Provide a map visual that illustrates the human movement. Make sure to include MLA citation with the map. 2. Explain the people affected by the human migration in your article. Explain culture, ethnicity, age, gender, etc. Provide a visual representation that illustrates the people affected by the human migration. Make sure to include MLA citations with the images.  3. Explain the push and pull fact...

 A Long Walk to Water Blog Reflection * Parker, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water . Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Instructions : As you are reading A Long Walk to Water , use this blog as a reflection tool about the story line and overall metanarrative of forced migration.  Guiding Questions : 1. Explain why Nya is tasked with the chore of carrying water back into the village. Explain the social value of gender in 2008 South Sudan.  2. Explain the reasons for civil war in Southern Sudan during 1985 (Salva's storyline).  3. Describe the beauty/body modifications associated with the Dinka tribe. Explain the relevance of this tradition in folk culture. Explain how globalization can affect folk culture.  4. Explain the cyclical migration of Nya's village to a lake each year. Explain the ethnic conflict that hinders the migration. 5. Nya's village water is contaminated. Describe the stage of the epidemiology transition model that Nya's village is in. Explain...

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 Unit 2, Chapter 2: Population and Health Reflection Instructions: Using your geographic notebook and class activities, complete the following reflection review of Chapter 2. These questions will guide your comprehension of the major concepts discussed about the global population. You will use this as a study tool come test time (both your unit exam and AP exam in May). Guiding Questions: 1. Define the demographic transition model. Explain the stages of the DTM. Provide real world examples of each stage. Include a DTM graph in this post.  2. Define the epidemiology transition model. Explain the stages of the ETM. Provide real world examples of each stage. Include an ETM graph in this post.  3. Compare the population theories of Thomas Malthus, Esther Boserup, and Neo-Malthusian.  4. Compare the population policies of MDC and LDCs in terms of pro-natalist and anti-natalist policies.  5. Explain the three types of population density. Provide a real world example f...