1.
People call soda different things
a.
Pop
b.
Coke
c.
Soda
d.
Other (fizzy)
2.
Cultural Geography:
a.
Parts of a group’s everyday life
b.
The ideas and themes which the group will teach
to all members
c.
These same characteristics can also link or
divide a region
3.
Examples of cultural characteristics
a.
Language
b.
Religion
c.
Ethnic heritage
4.
Language:
a.
Arabic unites the Arab world Spanish unites the Hispanic
world
b.
Brazil is the only South American nation which doesn’t
speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese
c.
Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English
are its official language
d.
Switzerland has multiplies language. It isn’t a
problem though
e.
English is considered the world language and is
used for most business transactions around the world
5.
Ethnic Heritage:
a.
In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into
one country (Serbs, Croots, Bosnians, Albanians)
b.
When strong leadership died out, the different
groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
c.
Tutis and Hutus, whichever was more dominate
fought
d.
US and Switzerland are peacefully merged multiple
ethnic groups in their countries
e.
Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group
6.
Religion:
a.
Can be both a unifying and disunifying force
b.
5 major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam
c.
Jews are considered to be son’s of Abraham (descendants
of Abraham)
d.
Shiites and Sunni: fight each other about Muhammad
e.
Have 1 million of 100 million followers all believing
the same things
f.
Can be a dividing force around the world
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