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Essential Question: What are the challenges of diversity? Chapters * The Andes and the Pampas * Ancient and Medieval Europe * Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus * Southeast Asia Preview Before you begin the chapter, think about the Essential Question. Understanding how the Essential Question connects to your life will help you understand the chapter you are about to read. Watch the videos below and think about how the Essential Question connects to Omar and Bilal's lives.

Connect to Your Life 1. Think about the wide range of differences in the likes and dislikes of a group of people. What are some general ways in which people express their differences in taste about clothing, food, music, and other interests? 2. Do some differences in taste encourage or discourage interaction with other groups? Explain. Connect to the Chapter 3. Preview the chapter by skimming the chapter's text, headings, and images. Then predict the kind of challenges that diversity might present to the people in the chapter. Think about challenges caused by ethnic, religious, political, and linguistic diversity. After reading the chapter, return here. Were any of your predictions correct? Did anything you learn about diversity surprise you? Writer's Workshop 4. Throughout this chapter, you have explored the Essential Question in your text, journal, and On Assignment at myworldgeography.com. Use what you've learned to write an essay in response to the Essential Question. Use the Writer's Workshop page in your journal to learn more about your assignment and to plan your essay. Write the essay using the Writing tool in this classroom.

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