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The GlobePlease check to see if the Image(s) you are being asked to review has a title. If there is a title, then I expect you to click on the title and read the corresponding document about the image and phrase your answer in a way that demonstrates your comprehension of this document as it relates to the theory in the text.Go to The Globe. Locate the country of Botswana (in Africa). Take a look at the photograph for the San Tribe.Summarize the culture of these people.The Shower EssaySuppose a foreigner who walked into your home went straight to sleep in the guest room. Would you be insulted? Would you be likely to attribute rudeness to the individual, or rudeness to the culture that the stranger represents? Or would you be more generous and assume the individual was just tired? How do you think the visitor feels about being in an unfamiliar place? How would your attributions change if the person was quiet and uncommunicative in the morning? Is the existence of a language barrier sufficient reason to avoid communication with people from another culture? Answer together, not as separate questionsLost Boys of SudanAs in much of Africa, war is an old and seemingly intractable reality for the people of Sudan. In fact, civil war has largely defined the country in the world’s eyes ever since it gained independ

ence in 1956 from Egypt and the United Kingdom. In the ensuing 40 years, rebels from the country’s southern provinces – populated by black who practice African Traditional Religion and Christianity – have fought periodically against a Sudanese government dominated by the country’s largely Arab, Muslim northern population. The war has cost an estimated 2 million lives from fighting and famine, as the government and an array of southern rebel faction’s battle back and forth across a devastated landscape, with no apparent end in sight. The United States and other countries have tried to help the orphaned children due to these wars.Life in Houston Texas is very different than life in the refugee camp. Based upon what you know about the culture of the United States and what you have viewed in the clip from “The Lost Boys of Sudan,” What Forces Pull Cultures Together and Apart (CH – Potential for Intercultural Competence)? Compare and contrast this notion to these two distinctive places on this planet.Tribal Life in New GuineaWhy does the narrator say (at the end of the video) that “the lives/culture of the Dani, Asmat and Koriwai Tribes will change more in the next 20 years than it has in the last 500”? What forces will cause this change and is it ethical? (CH – Potential for Intercultural Competence)