Kulturraumstudien
USA Exam SoSe 2020 July 6, 2020
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(July 6, 2020) to the following email address: christianna.stavroudis@th-koeln.de
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Select 9 out of the following 12 questions to respond to in
complete sentences. (Everyone must respond to the question, “What is culture?”
The remaining 8 are your choice.)
1. Develop a research question that
investigates some aspect of US culture. Include the data set that you would use
and the hypothesis you would formulate.
2. What is culture?
3. what would a second Trump term
look like?
4. Will the Black Lives Matter
protests of this year have long-term effects? If so, which? If not, why?
5. What does Joe Biden need to do in
order to win this fall?
6. In what ways is the
Internet/social media a product of US culture?
7. According to a recent survey,
most Americans are against defunding the police, but are in favor of other
reforms. Why do you suspect that this is the case?
8. How has the notion of Manifest
Destiny shaped the history of the US?
9. Although, globally speaking,
Germany is understood as an individualistic country, the US is considered far
more individualistic. Name three instances/examples in which this is evident.
10. What does the US health care
system have in common with its educational system?
11. Why did Trump start a trade war
with China?
12. How does the immigrant
experience change over generations in the US?
