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3-2 Assessment

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REVIEW GLOBAL BUSINESS TERMS Define each of the following terms.

1. nuclear family

2. extended family

3. class system

REVIEW GLOBAL BUSINESS CONCEPTS 4. How does social organization influence general cultures?

SOLVE GLOBAL BUSINESS PROBLEMS Historically, the United Kingdom has had a rigid class system in which members of the aristocracy have enjoyed special privileges. In contrast, the United States has a flexible class system that allows individuals to shift from one class to another.

5. Why doesn't the United States have a reigning king or queen like the United Kingdom?

6. What fundamental principle in the United States requires that the class system be flexible , at least theoretically?

7. Why do you think there are attempts in the United Kingdom to break down some of the barriers of its class system?

THINK CRITICALLY 8. Why do nuclear families often have a higher living standard than extended

families?

9. Why are countries with well-educated and trained citizens likely to be economically successful?

10. How does high geographic attachment handicap workers in a global economy?

MAKE ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS 11. HISTORY Name some countries that have monarchs.

12. CULTURAL STUDIES What role is traditionally given to women in the Islamic Middle East?

13. GEOGRAPHY Why are there more extended families in Mexico than in Canada and the United States?

14. CULTURAL STUDIES Use the Internet to research countries or cultures that have rigid class systems.

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