december second and third

Cultural Characteristics cultural characteristics are parts of a groups everyday lives and they are dead or themes which the group will teach to all members. they link or divide regions. cultural characteristics are taught to you examples of cultural characteristics would be language, religion, and ethnic heritage Examples of cultural characteristics language arabic unites the Arab world 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. Examples of cultural characterists 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, and Albanians) when strong leadership died out the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries the hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the tutsis and the tutsis are dominant in the other the united states and switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries korea and japan have primarily one ethnic group on the island of cyprus, the greeks and the turks try to gain control December third One example of cultural characteristics is Religion - there are five major religions in the world today-- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -they have millions of followers all believing the same thing -Religion can united people but can also be a dividing force around the world Hindus and Muslims fight in India and Pakistan Most of the major wars in the world are over religion there are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (two forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland -Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religions holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land -Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control You can be a member of more than one spatial group spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation Examples of Spatial divisions -Counties -Economic alliances European union EU organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)