Characteristics of the Modern Western World

Western Civilization 
Topic: What is Western Civ?
Lo1: Define Western Civilization
Lo2: Identify “the West”
Lo3: Describe characteristics of modern western world
*Thinking historically: characteristics of the modern western world. 
 

Western Civilization is a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, and specific artifacts and technologies.

North America, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg,  Monaco, Denmark, Australia, Pupae New Guinea

 Liberal Democracy is a liberal political principle and grants all adult citizens the right to vote regardless of ethnicity, sex, or property ownership.
Economic Liberalism is an economic system organized on individual lines and responses to mercantilism and feudalism.
Christianity is a faith that began as a Jewish sect in the mid-1st century,  that inspired many works of Western art.
Separation of churches and states is a concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the nation state. 
Progress- Western Civilization first took place in medieval Europe and then spread through most of Europe.
Human rights and guaranteed civil liberties - The First Amendment to the Constitution protects the five basics freedoms; freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government, these are the civil liberties.

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