Kinds of cross-cultural encounters

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The Individual Project (IP) is an essential part of the course. IPs give each student the opportunity to reflect on the assigned topic and apply critical thinking skills to a written assignment. Every student is expected to create an original composition to the open-ended IP questions noted below.

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Based on your reading about various colonial encounters, please write an essay of 4 pages (not including your cover page and your reference page) that answers the following questions:

Question 1: Define colonization. What was the motivation for it?

Question 2: Select 2 examples of colonization in the modern period (1600-present), and provide 1 positive and 1 negative outcome for each.

Question 3: Societies experience many kinds of cross-cultural encounters. Some are peaceful, and many are not. Describe 2 major effects of one culture colonizing another and how this impacts society.

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