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Citizens Responsibilities

Citizens Responsibilities . Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens. Responsibilities: Voting Currently mandatory Obeying laws Paying taxes Serving on juries Serving in military Volunteering. Rights: Life Liberty Pursuit of happiness Unalienable rights Freedom Equal opportunity

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Citizens Responsibilities

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  1. Citizens Responsibilities

  2. Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens • Responsibilities: • Voting • Currently mandatory • Obeying laws • Paying taxes • Serving on juries • Serving in military • Volunteering • Rights: • Life • Liberty • Pursuit of happiness • Unalienable rights • Freedom • Equal opportunity • Privacy • All rights were revoked during the rule of dictators

  3. How Can Citizens Influence Political Process?? • Protesting Peacefully: • Dirty War • Mothers of the Disappeared protested Dictatorship • Ended the Dirty War

  4. Culture and the Common Traits • Culture region – a way of dividing the world into areas where a particular form of government, religion, economic system, language, or tradition is predominate. • South America is a Cultural Region because: • Shared colonial past • Movement to independence • Religion • Language

  5. Multicultural Society = Positive or Negative??? Multicultural Society - one in which two or more cultures exist within close proximity. • Positive Qualities: • Cultures borrowed from each other • Larger varieties of food, tradition, music, religions, better opportunities. • Examples: • African Slaves brought Capoeira (elements of martial arts, sports, and music), samba, Candomble (Afro-Brazilian Religion), food, etc .

  6. Multicultural Society = Positive or Negative??? Multicultural Society - one in which two or more cultures exist within close proximity. • Negative Qualities: • Cultures often clash: • Socially • Economically • Politically • Examples: • Racism • Many African practices were outlawed in Brazil in the 20th century.

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