GEOGRAPHY SUMMARY
GEOGRAPHY SUMMARY
Cultural elements mix
in three ways, Via: East, South, and Southeast Asia:
- Mass media Characteristics:
- migration Food: rice (rice culture) Buddist,
- tourism Many languages Chinese, Hindu
Religion in India = Hinduism Japansese:
Religion in China and Southeast
Asia = Buddhism
Islamic world:
Religion: Islam
Wearing headscarves
Praying five times a day
Mosques Dubai, Palestine,
No pork eaten Saudi-Arabia,
No alchohol drunk Egypt etc:
Koran is important
Ramadan is month of
Western world:
fasting
English language
Arabic (except in
Freedom of speech
Indonesia)
Christian background,
however many people have
no religion
Science is important
Latin America: Fast changes in society
Language: Spanish and
Portugese Western Europe +
Religion = Catholic North America +
In Latin America you can Australia:
find many African
influences. Why Is this?
Due to the descendants
(afstammelingen) of
Africans who were once
transported as slaves to
this continent. African
cultural influences such as Latin America:
voodoo and Samba
dancing.
Sub-Saharan Africa:
People often live in tribes here.
Each tribe has its own language
and customs. Multiple tribes
living in one country – how did
this happen? Colonial rulers
drew boundaries. Africa:
Language: native African,
English and French
Religions = Christianity, Islam,
GEOGRAPHY SUMMARY
Cultural elements mix
in three ways, Via: East, South, and Southeast Asia:
- Mass media Characteristics:
- migration Food: rice (rice culture) Buddist,
- tourism Many languages Chinese, Hindu
Religion in India = Hinduism Japansese:
Religion in China and Southeast
Asia = Buddhism
Islamic world:
Religion: Islam
Wearing headscarves
Praying five times a day
Mosques Dubai, Palestine,
No pork eaten Saudi-Arabia,
No alchohol drunk Egypt etc:
Koran is important
Ramadan is month of
Western world:
fasting
English language
Arabic (except in
Freedom of speech
Indonesia)
Christian background,
however many people have
no religion
Science is important
Latin America: Fast changes in society
Language: Spanish and
Portugese Western Europe +
Religion = Catholic North America +
In Latin America you can Australia:
find many African
influences. Why Is this?
Due to the descendants
(afstammelingen) of
Africans who were once
transported as slaves to
this continent. African
cultural influences such as Latin America:
voodoo and Samba
dancing.
Sub-Saharan Africa:
People often live in tribes here.
Each tribe has its own language
and customs. Multiple tribes
living in one country – how did
this happen? Colonial rulers
drew boundaries. Africa:
Language: native African,
English and French
Religions = Christianity, Islam,