Global Villageson this site Global Villages are representatives of the 11 dominant culture regions, as designated by cultural geography maps Part II
Register to take the Global Villages Part II Course, which introduces you to four more Global Villages, also known as dominant cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static regions. The Global Villages courses on this site are both historical and cultural in content because it is difficult to discuss one without the other. Geographic location also has an undeniable impact on culture and cultural adaptations. Therefore, Cultural Geography, today, divides the world’s land masses into eleven (11) separate and dominant cultural regions.
This website refers to each of those eleven culture-regions as Global Villages, because our globalized world is both connected and interdependent, as neighboring villages have always been.
In reality, there are thousands of cultural regions across the globe. However, due to colonialismthe policy of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, exploiting it economically More, tribal conflicts, wars, ethnic cleansingthe mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society - think the Holocaust--mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis in WWII More, regional disasters, and mass immigration over time, nearly every region has changed in cultural makeup from its humble beginnings.
Lessons for Global Villages Part II are: Austral-European Global Villagethe Austral-European culture region includes Australia and New Zealand, which both have dominant European cultures and language, European Global Villagethe European culture region includes Europe, excluding those parts where the Slavic language is dominant, but also includes Greenland along with islands associated with the region, Sino-Japanese Global Villagethe Sino-Japanese culture region includes a large part of mainland China, North and South Korea, along with the Japanese islands and other smaller islands within the region - some islands are claimed by both China and Japan and Southeast Asia Global Villagethe Southeast Asia culture region consists of eleven countries, including lands in Asia South of the Tropic of Capricorn, and excluding the Pacific Islands and India - some out of date maps may still show Asia (alone) as a culture region, designating it as "Oriental," which included India and some Pacific Islands as well.
Click the “Take this Course” button on this page to get started studying the second series of Global Villages. See how they fit into today’s global villagea place in the world where your ancestor may have lived, the world is divided into cultural areas, each area designated as a global village, see the Global Villages Map. cultural puzzle of the world.
Completion of all three Global Villages courses earns a Certificate.