Study Guide:
- Cultural characteristics- learned characteristics from a certain cultural or group. Can be seen through:
- Language:
- Spanish unites the Hispanic world
- Brazil is the only South American nation that speaks Portuguese
- Canada is a bilingual language:
- French
- English
- Switzerland has multiple languages
- English is considered the number one business language in the world
- Called the " lingua franca"
- Ethnic heritage:
- Countries , like Yugoslavia, have many ethnic groups and they get along fine.
- There soon became problems in Yugoslavia, and the country split up
- When one group has more power the weaker on is mostly to be punished
- Not all groups have the same outcome, like the U.S. for example
- Religion:
- Five major religions:
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Judaism- the people are decedents of Abraham
- Christianity
- Islam
- Muslim groups
- Shiites
- Sunnies
- Million of people believe in the same thing
- Jews, Christians, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their holy site
- They are constantly fighting over this spot
- Spatial divisions- how we divide the livable space found on the Earth by establishing social, economic, and political control
- Countries
- Economic alliances:
- North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Political alliances:
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Originations of American States
- Reasons for spatial divisions:
- Difference in culture, language, or religion
- Historical boundaries
- Imperial conquest and control
- Economic similarities and differences
- Nationalism- the belief that you nation is superior to all others
- Economic differences- fertile land, access to the coast, fishing rights, natural resources, different economic philosophies
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