Introduction

•What is culture?

•How does geography affect culture?

•How are nations formed?

•Why organize?

These are a few of the questions to be answered in this WebQuest as you learn about the nature of culture and the process of nation building.

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Your Quest

You are being hired by the World Nations Museum in The Hague, Netherlands to prepare two online museum exhibits and one presentation. Your case study will be to research the culture of ancient China and the efforts of Qin Shi Huang (The First Emperor) to bring together several territories to become the nation of China. You will then expand your research to look at nation building in other parts of the world.

Your Roles

As trained historians, economists, geographers and anthropologists, you will work within teams to do the background research to complete the task. You will focus on ESPRAT+ G (Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Religion, Arts, Technology and Geography) in your research.

Your Teams

Team Hong Kong:

Team Great Wall:

Team Canton:

Now go to Task

Updated: April 29, 2012

Author: David Carpenter