- cultural characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life.- they are the ideaas and themes which the group will TEACH to all members.
- examples of cultural characteristics are language, religion, and ethnic heritage.
- Canada is a bilingual nation meaning they speak two different languages fluently.
- 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.
- In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians).
- When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.
- In the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis and the Hutus.
- The USA and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their country.
- Korea, China, and Japan have primarily one ethnic group.
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