- Culture characteristics- are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ides and themes which the groups will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
Examples: language, religion,
and ethnic heritage
Example of
culture:
Language-
-Arabic
unites the Arab world
-Spanish
unites the Hispanic world
- Canada is a bilingual nation.(two languages as their main language) French and English are their official languages
- Brazil is the only south American nation which does not speak Spanish, it speaks Portuguese
- Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
- English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world
Ethnic
Heritage
-In
Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats,
Bosnians, Albanians)
- When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
- In the counties of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, Two ethnic groups are dominate, Tutsis and the Hutus
- The united states and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries.
- Korea, China and Japan have primarily one ethnic group
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