First Examination
History 1101
Peter W. Petschauer
Please answer three of the questions offered before.
Take one from each section:
Answer One:
1. During almost all periods of history, infant girls were killed more than boys. What contributed to this form of infanticide? And how and why has it changed in most of the western world?
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2.Transportation has changed tremendously over the last two hundred years. What major impact have three major changes had on the food we eat, the place we live, the friends we have, and the work we can take on.
Answer One:
3. Please compare and contrast the family in Dreams of Trespass and what you think is the average American family.
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4. The production and consumption of food has changed dramatically worldwide over the last two hundred years. Write about how the availability of food and nutrition can change perceptions of beauty in the western world.
Answer One:
5. What are the major reasons that major cities are successful and fail, sometimes completely and sometimes for longer periods of time; please use four (4) past and present specific examples.
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6. Give four or five specific examples of globalization and in what ways and for what reasons some people and groups of people resist this phenomenon.
Good luck.