Quiz 4 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Explain how culture affects how people interact with each other.
Explain how culture affects how people interact with their physical environment.
How does culture affect the way people interact with their environment?
Cultural values affect what is deemed important, and thus they affect how things are built and how the land is shaped.
How might learning about another culture change how you view the world?
You would understand how other cultures function, and learn to respect their customs.
How does culture affect the way people interact with each other?
Culture frames our attitudes for dealing with each other. It includes such questions as whether time or the person is more important, whether the task or the person takes precedence, or whether a person will reveal his inadequacy or hide it.
Explain how a nation’s government affects how people interact with their physical environment to preserve and conserve resources.
by locking up land from development and by allowing or not allowing certain industries to operate
What does the Bible say about the role of government in society?
God instituted human government :
To ensure justice
To provide for defense and public safety
To promote morality
To provide a framework for addressing poverty
To provide order
How does a nation’s government affect the way people interact with each other to promote justice and to preserve and conserve resources?
When no form of governing authority exists and people are doing whatever they want, a state of anarchy results.
How do governments of different nations affect each other?
A nation’s type of government is influenced by culture. Different cultures
What is an autocracy?
A government where one individual rules
A dictatorship
can have more than one person ruling, usually by the authority of the military.
A theocracy
an authoritarian system of government in which the clergy rule and claim that their authority comes from deity
oligarchy
a small group of people holding ultimate authority.
democracy
often used to describe elected governments
How does a nation’s economy affect the way people interact with their physical environment?
The wealthier the nation, the more concern it can have for the environment.
What is capitalism?
Why might being in a different culture cause discomfort and confusion?
You would not understand the rules and customs of that culture and not know how to act. People in a different culture will break the rules of your culture, which might anger you.
What are some of the differences between high-context and low-context cultures?
High-context cultures rely on body language, a person’s status, and tone of voice to communicate. Low-context cultures depend on the actual words being said to communicate.
What is the main difference between a pure democracy
and a republic?
Pure democracy—every citizen votes on every law; republic—the people elect representatives to vote on laws for them and may voice their opinions and even run for office.
Why do some political boundaries lead to conflict?
Political boundaries are arbitrary and are sustained only when both nations have equivalent military power to prevent invasion. However, if one of the countries becomes militarily weak, conflict often results when the stronger nation crosses the boundary and seizes land from its weaker neighbor.
Capitalism
an economic system in which private individuals own most of the factors of production and make most economic decisions.
Command democracy
the government determines which industries are developed, where they are built, and what they produce.
Socialism
the government owns the major industries and promises to make production decisions for the welfare of society.
The economic strength of Highly Developed Countries:
have advanced infrastructure and industrialization.
