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Humanity 7
Part A 1/2/3
Context of Latin America.
I was searching the Internet in order to find three web pages that might be helpful in understanding the “Context of Latin America”.
The first web. Page that I want to share with you is http://www.gateofthesun.com/. This is very interesting page because it includes information about many countries of Latin America, such Peru, Ecuador. Bolivia. Also, this web. Page includes very useful information about trips. Also, this page has maps, and photographs of these countries.
The second page that I found was great and I really like it, and will use for nextweeks too. http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ page includes information about everything. It has information about countries, economy, culture, languages, government structure, science, and many other parts of live that make the term “Context of Latin America”. This page has links to each country, where you can find all information about this particular Latin country. Actually, I was amazed how smart and easy to use this page was made.
The third web page was http://www.americas.org/. This page contains the latest news from the Latin America countries. It has information from almost all countries of Latin America. It offers forum for readers, and current news. In addition, you can search your question by using country search engine from page’s database, which might be useful for next weeks.
PART B.
Definition of Family, Community, Culture.
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FAMILY
1: a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head: HOUSEHOLD
2 a: a group of persons of common ancestry: CLAN b: a people or group of peoples regarded as deriving from a common stock: RACE
3 a: a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation: FELLOWSHIP b : the staff of a high official (as the President)
4 : a group of things related by common characteristics: as a : a closely related series of elements or chemical compounds b : a group of soils that have similar profiles and include one or more series c : a group of related languages descended from a single ancestral language
5 a : the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their own or adopted children; also : any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family <a single-parent family> b : spouse and children <want to spend more time with my family>
CULTURE
CULTIVATION, TILLAGE
2: the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education
3: expert care and training <beauty culture>
4 a: enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training b: acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills
5 a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c : the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a company or corporation
Date: 14th century
1: a unified body of individuals: as a: STATE, COMMONWEALTH b: the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly: the area itself <the problems of a large community> c: an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common location d : a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society <a community of retired persons> e : a group linked by a common policy f : a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests <the international community> g : a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society <the academic community>
PART C.
People that had influence on my life.
I was born and grew up in the multicultural society—Soviet Union. All together, 15 republics seemed to be strong. During my childhood I was influenced by my parents, friends, and, sure my older brother. My parents belong to two nationalities—Russian and Ukrainian, so since the early childhood I was listening and learning both languages, and both cultures. Later, when I went to school, I met children from different nationalities. We shared our toys, bikes, and traditions without noticing that. I celebrated two Easters—orthodox (Russian), and catholic (Poland). Same was with Christmas. At that time I didn’t divide people by their nationalities, never do now. My older brother always explained me that all people are equal, regardless of their skin color or nationality. He had huge influence on my life. Later, when we moved from Ukraine to Sonoma County, my SRJC councilor had, and still has influence on my life. His smart advices helped me a lot to go through ESL classes, do all prerequisites, and, later, be accepted to the Radiology Technology Program. I wouldn’t be able to do all these steps in two years without his help. I’m very grateful to all people that had influence on my life; their support and advices helped me to become a person who I am now.