1. Citizens Responsibilities

2. Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens
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.