06 09 answer keys social sciences

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Unit 1 Module A

Unit 2 Module A

Activity 1:

Activity 1:
Against: 1, 3, 6, 7
For: 2, 4, 5, 8

a. 4; b. 1; c. 3; d. 2

Activity 2:
a. 6; b. 4; c. 1; d. 2; e. 7; f. 8; g. 5; h. 3

Activity 2:
a. 6; b. 8; c. 4; d. 1; e. 7; f. 3; g. 5; h. 2

Activity 3:
Activity 3:

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a. T; b. T; c. T; d. F; e. F; f. T; g. F; h. F

City: overcrowded, dangerous, polluted, urban
Country: clean, safe, rural, quiet

Activity 5:
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Unit 1 Module B
Activity 1:
a. does not remain the same; b. are; c. are not;
d. do not only use; e. some

Activity 2:
a. will design; b. will not / won’t get; c. will
build; d. will be; e. will not / won’t be

Activity 4:
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Suggested answer: From one point of view,
traditions will be known all over the world.
From another point of view, it will be the end of
cultural diversity. On the one hand, globalisation
is undermining countries because corporations
have been empowered at the expense of the
nation state. On the other hand, the causes
of poverty are complex, and include poor
health and education along weak and corrupt
governments. An advantage of globalisation is
that it will eliminate the isolation of countries.
A disadvantage is that there will be a uniform
culture serving the needs of transnational
corporations such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.

Activity 3:
a. Brasilia; b. satellite cities; c. Brazil; d. subway
system; e. many stations

Activity 4:
Students’ own answers

Activity 5:
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Unit 2 Module B
Activity 1:
Students’ own answers

Activity 2:
Suggested answer: Las minorías étnicas gozan
de ciertos derechos humanos específicamente
ligados a su estatus étnico, incluyendo el derecho

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Activity 4:


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a mantener y disfrutar su cultura, religión e
idioma libres de discriminación.

Activity 3:
married; travelled; studied; went; learnt; was;
left; experienced; decided; denied; adopted;

returned; became; led; was; promoted; wanted;
assassinated

Activity 4:

Activity 3:
a. tolerance – tolerant – tolerate; b. immigration –
immigrant – immigrate; c. refuge – refugee –
take refuge; d. conquest – conqueror – conquer

Activity 4:
food, customs, celebrations, language, music,
religion

Activity 5:

Students’ own answers

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Activity 5:
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Activity 6:
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Unit 3 Module A
Activity 1:
a. T
 hey migrate because of personal, political,
religious, socio-economic and racial reasons.
b. B
 ecause the city becomes culturally rich since
the different ethnic groups display different
lifestyles.
c. Y
 es, it is.
d. Y
 es, there is.

Unit 3 Module B
Activity 1:
a. A
 dults make generalisations when they talk
about young people. However, youngsters are
different and do not share the same interests,
values and attitudes. Besides, there are some
teenagers who belong to subgroups or urban
tribes that have opposite ideas and express
their identities in different ways.
b. S
 tudents’ own answers
c. A
 ccording to sociologists subgroups are
determined by age, sex, education or social
class.

d. S
 tudents’ own answers. They may make
references to urban tribes.
e. B
 ecause they combine different trends and also
create their own image, forging an identity.

Activity 2:
a. buy; b. fashionable; c. irrelevant; d. shabby;
e. careless; f. disapproval; g. different; h. many

Activity 3:
Activity 2:
a. 5; b. 4; c. 2; d. 6; e. 3; f. 1

a. N
 ot all teenagers share the same values,
preferences or attitudes.
b. A
 ccording to sociologists, teenagers belong to
a different subgroup in society.

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c. T

 he idea of youth culture is related to various
styles of young people. (This idea is correct.)

Activity 4:
a. 6; b. 1; c. 2; d. 3; e. 7; f. 4; g. 5
Students’ own answers

1901: received a radio-wave signal from
Cornwall, England / Universal adoption of
wireless telegraphy became even more certain
1919: represented Italy at the Paris Peace
Conference
Tribute: a two-minute silence by all radio stations
throughout the world

Activity 6:

Activity 5:

Unit 4 Module A

Unit 4 Module B

Activity 1:

Activity 1:

Students’ own answers

a. T; b. F; c. F; d. F; e. T; f. F; g. T

Activity 2:

Activity 2:

a. 3; b. 5; c. 7; d. 6; e. 1; f. 2; g. 4

Activity 3:
a. F; b. F; c. T; d. T; e. T; f. F

a. 1
 939
b. t he Industrial Revolution
c. E ngland
d. 1
 950

Activity 3:

Activity 4:
Suggested answer: John Baird was born in
Scotland in 1888 and died in 1946. He was
the inventor of TV. He started experiments on
TV in 1922 and four years later, he transmitted
the first television picture. Apart from this main
invention, he also invented the first videodisc and
phonodisc.

Activity 5:
Name: Guglielmo Marconi

Born in: 1874
Died: 1937
Nationality: Italian
Known as: the father of wireless
Theory: electromagnetic waves could be used
for transmitting information without the wire
connection of the electric telegraph
1894: began his wireless telegraphy project
1896: first patented his system

a. E s difícil predecir la forma que tendrán las
ciudades en el futuro.
b. E n muchas regiones, incluyendo los países en
desarrollo, mucha gente se va de la ciudad a
zonas cercanas llamados barrios.
c. S istemas de transporte eficientes como las
conexiones de trenes y las autopistas permiten
a la gente vivir fuera de la ciudad y viajar
todos los días a trabajar.

Activity 4:
a. trade; b. pace; c. industries; d. phases;
e. employment; f. expansion

Activity 5:
Students’ own answers

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