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Repeat chapter 1: Cultures

To do

Paragraph 1.6 exercises 4 to 10

Work on assignment
or go through the NPO story about the UN.

https://npokennis.nl/story/354/wat-is-de-vn

(write a little summary on what the UN is about)

1.1 cultures around the world

Describe what culture is and recognise different cultural elements

Explain what it means when two countries are part of the same cultural region

Keywords

Culture

Cultural elements

Values and standards

Cultural region

Language family

1.2 cultural diffusion

Describe the main reasons for cultural diffusion, both in the past and the present

Explain the difference between cultural homogenisation and heterogenisation

Keywords

Cultural diffusion

Colony
Americanisation
Globalisation
Cultural homogenisation/heterogenisation
Global culture
Glocalisation

1.3 the islamic world

Describe how islam diffused across the middle east and Northern Africa

Describe the most important cultural elements of the islamic world

Keywords

Islam

Qur'an

Five pillars

Sunni's
Shi'as

Multicultural
Arabic
Lingua Franca

1.4 Sub-Saharan Africa

Describe the most cultural elements of Sub-Saharan Africa
Explain how Sub-Saharan African cultures have been influenced by colonial history

Keywords

Traditional religion
Living community

Nomad
Scramble for Africa
Natural border

Artificial border
Diaspora

1.5 Asian cultures

Describe the most important cultural elements of Asian cultures

Characterise the most important religions in Asia

Keywords

Caste system

Saving face

Losing face

Hinduism
Buddhism

Taoism

Confucianism

Mandarin

Pinyin

1.6 Cultural conflicts

Explain why conflicts occur at cultural borders

Explain the origin of the cultural conflict in Southern Thailand

To do: Practice

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