Exam 2 PART I 1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids‚ agroikoi‚ demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote‚ be elected into office‚ bear arms‚ and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers‚ which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public
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“music” we owe to the Greeks. Greek poets‚ architects‚ mathematicians‚ and philosophers‚ founded a culture that we still identify with today. These are the people that introduced the world to democracy‚ the beginning of recorded history‚ politics‚ and even our very own vocabulary. To some extent‚ we even owe the start of theatre and comedy to the Greeks. The Greeks taught us a lot of things‚ good or bad‚ these things are still being used centuries after the fall of Greece. They Greek people lived in
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What is the difference between race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture? Race is biological categorized‚ which is eyes‚ hair‚ and skin. Ethnicity shares racially similar people of similar origin. Culture is the sharing of values‚ beliefs‚ and ideals of a group of people‚ regardless of their race. Race or racial group refers to the categorizing humans into groups‚ or populations on various heritable characteristics. The term race or racial group usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations
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now‚ I have experienced many differences between American culture and Italian culture. When I first arrived‚ I was so excited and everything was so new that I did not immediately notice these differences. Everything was a blur! We had orientations and tours during the first week and each instructor mentioned specific aspects of Italian culture that we needed to be aware of. But‚ since I had only been here for two days‚ I had not witnessed these differences. In “Culture Shock and the Cross-Cultural
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black and white with grades of grey in between and without their difference we could have fed up with the only grey and more thought without there similarities we couldn’t see these varieties of grey. So when we talk about architecture our eye can’t get off differences and similarities between things so when we are dealing with great buildings like the Parthenon and the pantheon we must have a fast look on differences and similarities between Greek and Roman architecture. A lot of people
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Communication and the Conflicts between Chinese Culture and Western Culture Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural communication of Chinese culture and western culture‚ and it seriously affects the course of communication. So‚ it is necessary for us to find the in-depth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural communication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy
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imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged to adapt myself to it but the learning process of this new culture has greatly excited me. At the beginning‚ I inevitably experienced a certain amount of cultural shock‚ given the vast difference between Vietnamese culture and American culture. Cultural shock is a state of anxiety that results from cross-cultural misunderstanding. One incident that gave rise
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Black Culture Then and Now: What’s the Difference? Our society has changed drastically in the past year or two‚ especially black culture due to recent events that happened in our society. A death of a black teenage male‚ caused by a police officer‚ encouraged some in our society‚ mostly black people‚ to show their true colors and express their feelings. Many people rioted‚ looted‚ and protested. Those events resembled things that happened many years ago. So in some ways black culture is the same
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The differences between two cultures There are so many countries in the world. As my grandmother taught me that each country has its own tradition and culture for example Japanese has kimono for its special festival‚ Kungfu is significant symbol of China or Pizza and Spaghetti are the characteristic food of Italia. Therefore when I came to America‚ I decided to search everything about this country. Then after 5 months in there‚ I found that Vietnam and The USA are very different from living style
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The Romans ability to accept different cultures and ideas is what made them so great. Rome was able to be so successful and powerful due to its open-minded mentality. They embraced other civilization’s lifestyles and were eager to incorporate them into their own culture. Rome’s absorption of foreign practices and peoples contributed to the formation of the state. My paper will show the influence Greece had on the Roman Empire. Specifically‚ how the Romans incorporated Greece architecture‚ religion
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