Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Culture


  • 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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