cultural characteristics are pats of a group everyday life. they are the ideas and themes which the troup will teach to all members. these same characteristics can also link or divide a region. you pick up your cultural characteristics because everyone teaches them to you.
examples:language, religion, and ethnic heritage
language: arabic unies the arab world; spanish unites the hispanic world
brazil is the only south american nation which does not speak spanish it speaks portugal
canada is a bilingual nation. french and english are their officuial languages
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 yuloslavia many ethic groups were made into one country
when strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have seperate countries
ithe hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the tutis and the tutis are dominant in the other and they persecute the hutus. it has led to almost constant war between the tribes
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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