assignment 7

1) The Globe
Please 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 Mongolia (in Asia). Take a look at the photographs.
· Based upon the typical dwelling known as a ger (photos 14 and 15), would you say that this culture is individualistic or collective? Be specific and explain.

http://elearn.fiu.edu/e-dev/WorldExplorer/index.html

2) Interesting Fact & Idea
In central Liberia, as well as many other parts of Africa, it is believed that certain men (variously called Zos, Shamen, and Witchdoctors) can control lightning and direct it to hit anyone or anything they choose. As evidence, of such powers, a college student from this region offered the following story: In his town, there was an occasion upon which someone stole meat from the cooking pot of the lightning Zo. Angered, the Zo announced that if the meat was not returned immediately, he would direct lightning to hit the guilty person on the following Saturday. On the appointed day, the meat had not been returned and the people all took their houses in fear; a storm blew up, and when it was over the people found a dead dog, apparently killed by lightning. The student, and all the townspeople, took the dog’s death as prima facie evidence of the power of the Zo.

” How does the text explain this notion? Provide detail and explain in detail.

3) Tales from Thailand Essay
” Relate Hofstede’s Value Orientation theory to the essay. Give an example from the essay that is representative of IndividualismCollectivism.

instructions:

the link is for question number 1 and the screenshot and the essay es for question number 3