Culture Characteristics Part III

    Today in class, we picked up where we left off, which was talking about religion. The five major reasons in the world that are related to religion differences are: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. More wars have been fought over religion to see who's god is the most superior. This beats the amount of wars fought over money and land. Religion can not only unify people, but can also divide them. For example, Muslims are separated into two separate groups, the Shiites and the Sunnis. This happened because they both disagreed on how the Prophet Muhammad taught and what his teachings meant. Because of this disagreement, it created two separate groups that have two different beliefs. Spatial divisions is how we divide the livable space found on earth by establishing social, economic, and political control. In some spatial divisions it is okay to be in more than one group, but sometimes it may cause conflicts. Two examples of economic alliances are the European Union and the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA is basically where a business can move their factories from one place to another where they can pay their employees less than minimum wage. Because of this, the employees that worked in the factory before it was moved become unemployed. The people around the new factory site now have an opportunity to get a job there.