10/10/12- Geogrpahical Culture Silde Show

Today in class we went over a slide show on Cultural Geography. We did not finish the presentation but we did talk a lot about how Language and Ethnicity contributes a lot to how a country gets along. Such as in Switzerland, there are 4 different main languages, but they all get along and there is very little conflict. Other countries, such as Yugoslavia, the different groups don't get along, a civil war forms, and then the country splits apart into several countries. We did not get a lot done in the slide presentation because people had a lot of questions and Mr. Schick would answer them and then we would get sidetracked. We also discussed how language unites people through Education, and having a common language to talk to people with even if they are from a different country but speak the same language, such as the Spanish language. English is the language of money and/or business so a lot of people learn it as a second language.