1. Which person from Vietnam’s history can accurately be compared to China’s Mao Tse Dong? Explain why.

2. How did what happened in Vietnam remind you of what happened in Korea? Give 2 similarities:

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3. What type of government does Vietnam have now?

4. Do you think what happened in SE Asia with Vietnam proves or disproves America’s belief in the Domino Theory? Explain your answer.

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u.s.? what did w.e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u.s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

Name two things the mycenaeans learned from the minoans

4) what articles do you think a soldier would have in his “old kit bag”?