Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Tuesday 12/2

Cultural Geography:


Cultural Characteristics:
-Cultural characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life.  They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members.  These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
-Example of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage

Examples of Cultural Characteristics:
Language:
-Arabic unites the Srab wolrd
-Spanish unites the Hispanic world 
-Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish; it speaks Portuguese.
-Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages.
-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 thee world
-The United states and Switzerland and have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries.
-Korea, China, and Japan have primarily one ethnic group



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