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Notes 

• Cultural Characteristics and are parts of a groups everyday life
• they are the ideas and themes which the groups will teach to all members 
• Examples: language or religion 
• Brazil is the south american nation that doesn't speak Spanish 
• Canada is a bilingual nation 
• they speak french and English
• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflicts
• English is now consider the world language and is used for most business translation around the world 
• Ethic Heritage
•  In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnian, Albanians)
•  When strong leadership died out different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they have different countries 
•  In the countries of Rwanda and Burandi in Africa, two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis and the Hutus 
•  The Hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are dominant in one and they persecute the Hutus
•  It has lead to almost constant war between the two groups 
•  The US and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple Ethnic groups in their countries 
•  Korea and Japan have primary one ethnic group 
•  On the island of Cyprus, Greeks, and the Turks try to gain control 
•  There are five major religions in the world today (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
•  Religion can be a unifying force 
• They can have millions of followers that can believe in the same thing
•  Religion can also be a dividing force 
• Hindus and Muslims fight in India 
•  There are Catholic and Protestant (two forms of Christianity) 
•  Examples of Spatial Divions 
• Continents 
• Economics Alliances 
• Organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
•  North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)