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First Impressions
World Cultures
Introduction to a Global World
The United States of America
It is hard to compare and contrast countries unless you know about
your own…
Median Age: 37
Per Capita Income: $47,800
Life Expectancy: 75(males)
81(females)
78(total)
Infant Mortality Rate: 6.3/1,000 live births
Literacy Rate: 99%(male)
99%(female)
Population below poverty line: 12%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2008
99%(total)
First Impressions Posters
• Family Name
• Location in the World
• Brief Description of Family
• We think the most valuable possession is…
• The families actual most valuable possession is…
• Does this family live in a developed, developing, or
underdeveloped country?
Cultural Universals
• Regardless of where each family was
located, putting aside how wealthy we
believe each country is, what seemed to
be common among every photo?
Cultural Universals
• Element, pattern, trait, or institution that is
common to all human societies on the planet
• These all fall under the 4 structures of society:
1. Economic Structure
2. Political Structure
3. Belief/Value Structure
4. Social Structure
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These are located on the back of your vocabulary
handout
Standard of Living
• Quality of life and quantity of goods and
services available to the people
• Measured using 4 criteria:
– Wealth
– Education
– Health
– Population
These are used to
determine if a country is
developed, developing,
or underdeveloped.
It is not enough to
determine well-being by
wealth alone!
Do not measure well-being by wealth alone!
1.
Wealth Distribution ~ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an average!
–
May hide the fact a country has a few stinkin rich people and a mass of
starving people!
2.
Purchasing Power of a country varies
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$15,000 in one country could be a lot of money. It would be tough to live
on this in America!
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Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ~ adjusted values to equal U.S. $1
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Example: Big Mac = U.S. $3.15, Australia $2.44, and China $1.30
3.
Only Formal Economy included!
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Informal Economy may account for far more activity
4.
Ignores all aspects of development other than economic ones
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Education, Health Care, Maintaining Environment
High Human Development
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Iceland
Norway
Canada
Australia
Ireland
Netherlands
Sweden
Japan
Luxembourg
Switzerland
France
Finland
Denmark
14. Austria
15. United States
16. Spain
17. Belgium
18. Greece
19. Italy
20. New Zealand
21. United Kingdom
22. Hong Kong
23. Germany
24. Israel
25. Republic of Korea
Low Human Development
154. Nigeria
155. Lesotho
156. Uganda
157. Angola
158. Timor-Leste
159. Togo
160. Gambia
161. Benin
162. Malawi
163. Zambia
164. Eritrea
165. Rwanda
166. Cote d’Iviore
167. Guinea
168. Mali
169. Ethiopia
170. Chad
171. Guinea-Bissau
172. Burundi
173. Burkina Faso
174. Niger
175. Mozambique
176. Liberia
177. Congo, Dem. Rep.
178. Central African Republic
179. Sierra Leone
High Population Density Countries – Countries and territories in which
more than half the land area has a population density above 100 persons
per square kilometer
RANK Country ESI
RANK Country ESI
RANK Country ESI
1. Japan 57.3
2. Germany 56.9
3. Netherlands 53.7
4. Italy 50.1
5. Sri Lanka 48.5
6. Nepal 47.7
7. India 45.2
8. Poland 45.0
9. Rwanda 44.8
10. Jamaica 44.7
11. Belgium 44.4
12. Bangladesh 44.1
13. El Salvador 43.8
14. South Korea 43.0
15. Philippines 42.3
16. Lebanon 40.5
17. Burundi 40.0
18. Trinidad & Tobago 36.3
19. Haiti 34.8
20. Taiwán 32.7
21. North Korea 29.2