Questions about the American Culture

American Cultures Take Home Final Exam
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1 True or false? The process of globalization began in the mid-19th century-True
 2. Name the five principal identity groups emerging from England who settled in the Thirteen Colonies during the early American colonial period.-East Anglians, Quakers, Puritans, Presbyterians and West Country Gentry (Ramachandran, 2022c).
 3. Name one imperial country, besides England, from which the EARLY settlers of (what would become) the United States came. Spain
 4. List four countries that became imperial powers during the Age of Empire. Germany, the United States, Russia, and Italy (Hobson, 2018).
 5. True or false? According to Stuart Hall, “culture” is the collection of traditions historically inherited, and individual consciousness has no agency to modify that which belongs to communities as a whole.-True
 6. True or false? The United States refused to become a colonizer after gaining independence through the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). True
 7. Provide an example of an “attempt to institutionalize critiques of illegitimate forms of authority,” according to Cornel West. –One example is women’s movements rallying against male authority (West & Brown, 1993, pp.9).
 8. According to Stuart Hall, culture is dialectical. What does the term “dialectical” mean? (a sentence )- According to Stuart, dialectal refers to different entities coming together to formulate a completely new thing (Ramachandran, 2020d). 
 9. Stuart Hall talks about the “3R’s”; State and define R #1. The first R represents resources, which are things human beings require for survival, such as primary resources that include shelter, food and clothing, or secondary resources such as nurturing and a job, which aid in achieving primary resources (Ramachandran, 2020d). 
10. State and define R #2. The second R stands for rights which are principles guaranteed to all citizens by society.
11. State and define R #3. The third R stands for representation, which denotes an individual having a presence and a voice in their government (Ramachandran, 2020d).
12. Provide a definition for “class”, as discussed in this course: Class refers to an individual’s relationship to the creation of wealth in a society.
13. Provide a definition for “race”, as discussed in this course: Race denotes an indicator of one’s identity based on their look (Ramachandran, 2020a).
14. Provide a definition for “nationality”, as discussed in this course: Nationality is a country’s documented citizenship (Ramachandran, 2020a).
15. True or false? Gender identity is limited to one’s biological sex at birth. False.
16. Why is Christopher Columbus an important historical figure to study when discussing the history of inclusion and exclusion in the United States? According to Ramsamy and Tate (2011, pp. 51), Columbus was a critical historical figure in the history of inclusion and exclusion as a Roman Catholic figure. His introduction...