Today in Human Geography with Mr. Schick, we continued to
hear Mr. Schick ramble on about cultural characteristics. Today’s lesson
consisted of discussion about the BLOG we posted over the weekend and ethnic
heritage. Once we got to discussion on heritage, we talked about how some
countries ethnicity and religion can be unifying while they can turn other
countries against. For example, in Rwanda and Burundi, people are persecuted because
they are either Tutsi or Hutu depending on which country you are in. Also in Yugo
Slovakia, they had so many different ethnic groups that it was actually split
into several different nations. On the other hand, in the U.S. and Switzerland,
these countries probably are number two in the world for variety in culture and
both nations are still intact. An example of how religion can be a separation force
is Sudan. This is because there was a civil war in which the Muslims tried to
take over the country. Again, the United States is an example of how religion
can unify a nation, since we have religious freedom.
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