Cultural Characteristics: 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.
Examples:
Language, Religion, and Ethnic heritage
LANGUAGE
-Arabic unites the Arab world
- Spanish unites the Hispanic world
-Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish, they speak Portuguese.
-Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages.
-No official language in United States
-Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the group
-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, Bosnian, Albanians)
-When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
-Rwanda
-Hutus and Tutsis
- The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merged groups in their countries.
- Korea and Japan and China have primarily one ethnic group
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