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RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY Department of Africana Studies Introduction to American Cultures Take Home Final Exam Fall 2023 Please compose answers for the following questions in standard Times 12 point font, double spaced. When ready to submit, please convert your document to a PDF and email it to me at anitha@africana.rutgers.edu Duedate: Friday, May 5 (an extension is available if you need one, without penalty). Thank you! Please note: Info to answer the questions can be found in the powerpoints, readings, videos, and lectures on the Modules page. Simple answers are fine; your writing style will not be evaluated. It’s OK to quote directly from our course materials if you would like – there is no need to put things into your own words to answer the questions if you would prefer not to. If you recognize a question as having been on our Quiz, you are welcome to provide the same answer here that you provided on your Quiz. 1. True or false ? The “Age of Empire” began in the mid-19 th century. 2. Name the five principal English identities emerging from the country of England during the early days of colonization (1600s through 1700s) that settled the early American colony, as discussed in our course materials. 3. Name one imperial country, besides England, from which the EARLY settlers of (what would become) the United States came. 4. List four countries that became imperial powers during the Age of Empire. 5. According to our course materials, how does the cultural theorist Stuart Hall define “culture” ? (one sentence) 6. True or false ? The United States refused to become a colonizer after gaining independence through the Revolutionary War (1775-1783). 7. Provide an example of an idea that emerged out of the Enlightenment. . (one sentence) 8. According to Stuart Hall, culture is dialectical. What does the term “dialectical” mean , according to our course materials? (a sentence ) 9. Stuart Hall talks about the “3R’s” ; State and define R #1. (one sentence) 10. State and define R #2. (one sentence) 11. State and define R #3. (one sentence) 12. Provide a definition for “ class ” , as discussed in this course: (one sentence) 13 . Provide a definition for “ ethnicity ” , as discussed in this course: (one sentence) 14. Provide a definition for “nationality” , as discussed in this course: (one sentence) 15. What is “constitutional faith” or “constitutional patriotism,” according to one of the readings? (a sentence or two) 16. What does the term Manifest Destiny mean? (a sentence or so) 17. According to Kwame Anthony Appiah, what is essentialism? (one sentence) 18. According to one of our readings, the five basic and immediate needs for physical human survival are: (just list the five needs) 19. Define the first core value of “America” and “American - ness” , according to our course materials. (one sentence) 20. Define the second core value of “America” and “American -ness, ” according to our course materials.. (one sentence) 21. Define the third core value of “America” and “American -ness, ” according to our course materials.. (one sentence) 22. According to Michael J. Friedman, what does communal American identity embrace and encompass? (one sentence) 23. In his speech, how does Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. describe his idea of “the American Dream” ? (a few sentences ) 24. True or False : A large scale movement of populations, goods, and ideas has been taking place for the last 500 years. 25. Who proclaimed that “the problem of the 20 th Century is the prob lem of the color line”? 26. What is social distance, sociologically defined? (one sentence) 27. What is stereotyping? (one sentence) 28. What is xenophobia? (one sentence) 29. What was the Louisiana Purchase? (one sentence) 30 . Briefly define an “in - group,” as discussed in one of our readings. (one sentence) 31. True or false : Stereotyping helps to reduce social distance between people. 32. True or false: Culture emerges out of interactional dialogue. 33 . Whose words are these : “The major fact of the 19 th century is the creation of a single global economy”

34 . What is the Anthropocene era? (one sentence) 35. What is scapegoating? (one sentence) 36. Is the Roman Empire part of the empires that constituted “ the Age of Empire, ” as discussed in this course? (one sentence) 37. Which President signed the Voting Rights Act, and when? (one sentence) 38. What is the name of the document upon which American government and law is based upon? 39. Provide the name of a Catholic-American president. 40. Fill in the blanks of this quote, which comes from the first few pages of one of our readings: “Injustice ____________ is a threat to justice ______________. We are caught in an ________________________________, tied in a single garment of ______________ .” 41. True or False In Stuart Hall ’ s definition of culture, two individuals have the agency to invent and create their own culture. 42. True or False: According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the Enlightenment (section 2.1), the Enlightenment era “ is marked by three political revolutions, which together lay the basis for modern, republican, constitutional democracies : The English Revolution (1688), the American Revolution (1775 – 83), and the French Revolution (1789 – 99). ” 43. Which aspect of identity does Neil Smith want scholars to pay more attention to? 44. Who was Maria Stewart? (one or two sentences) 45. Why can the question, “Where are you really from? ” be a problematic question, according to one of our readings? (a sentence or two) 46. Provide the name of the individual who, according to James Reed ’s article, “is one of the 500 to 600 important figures in the development of the modern world system.” 47. Which of the authors we have studied writes the following? “ To be an American is not to have secured equality and justice, but only – with the help of a story of unprecedented aspiration – still to hope and struggle for them.” 48. Who is the writer who first used t he phrase, “the American Dream” in one of his books? 49. Provide an example from 20 th century media that sought to capture and depict the idea of “ the American Dream, ” as shown in the Meacham article. 50. List three aspects of the American Dream, from your own point of view. ( Freebie question - all answers are correct! ) Congratulations on completing the Introduction to American Cultures course! And have a wonderful Winter Break! hopefully I ’ ll see you again in my future courses! Do register for my Spring 2024 film course (3 credits) Black Profiles in Humor and Entertainment (014:317) ! (I ’ ll send an email to the whole class with info about it soon)

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