OBJECTIVE: Each human on the planet shares a common trait: we all have names by which we identify ourselves! However, different countries and cultures are very, very different ways and traditions for selecting their children’s names. PART I:
1) In our own ‘western’ culture, what is the history of ‘last’, or ‘surnames’? When did people start using surnames? How did people start determining what their surnames would be? Please write three sentences at a minimum. PART II:
Choose FIVE of the following eight countries/religions (you must write at least two full sentences about each one) and describe the naming tradition in each one. PLUS: choose THREE more countries/cultures of your own choosing (the extra three may be others on this original list if you wish) and do the same. DO NOT SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS IN ‘PAGES’ OR ‘GOOGLE DOCS’ FORMATS. Convert these to a different format before submitting. Any assignments submitted in ‘Pages’ or ‘Google Docs’ will receive a ‘0’. 1) Spain and Latin America (in the Spanish culture)
2) Iceland
3) India
4) Ghana
5) Afghanistan
6) China
7) Islam
8) Judaism
9) Nigeria
10) Zimbabwe
11) Ethiopia
12) In the Arabic tradition
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PART I:
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