Cultural Geography
Cultural Characteristics
- Cultural characteristics are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members, these some characteristics can also link or divide a region.
- Ex. Language, religion, and ethnic heritage
- 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 Characteristics
- 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, Boshians, Albanians)
- When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.
- In the countries of Rwanda and dominate, the Tutsis and the Hutus
- The Hutus are dominate in one and they persecute the Tutsis, led to war
- The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merge multiple ethnic groups in their countries
- Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group
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