Samenvatting Aardrijkskunde

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,