It's a small

world: Cultures
around the
world!
Today’s date: Friday, April 27th
2018
For the next 30 seconds,
think on your own on
what the word
“Culture” could mean

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 Definition of Culture: the
customary beliefs, social forms, and
material traits of a racial, religious,
or social group

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 What makes up culture?

Traditions

Religion

Language

Forms of
government Arts and
Literature

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Today’s activity
On the front: Color the
worksheet and read the
short passage on the
bottom!
*Discuss with your group
about this country!

On the back: Please finish

your T-chart! Complete
the right hand side,
explaining the country on
your worksheet!

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China
China’s full name: The people’s Republic of China

Population: 1.37 billion

Capital City: Beijing

Surrounding seas: the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East
China Sea, and the South China Sea

Form of Government: system of National People’s congress

Chinese holidays: Dragon Boat festival, Chinese New Year,

Qingming festival

***Fun fact: The Chinese New Year celebration lasts for 15

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days!
Tanzania
Capitol: Dodoma

National Language: Swahili

Population: 55,572,201 (2016)

Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa

Has one of the largest elephant populations in the world

***Fun fact: Tanzania has the highest mountain- called

Kilimanjaro! 9
Greece
Greece is an agricultural county

Greek is the official Language in Greece

The population in Greece is 10.75 million

The capital of Greece: Athens

Easter is the most important holiday in Greece

***Fun fact: Easter celebrations begin 10

Norway
Capital of Norway: Oslo

Holidays: National Independence Day, Holy Thursday,

Good Friday, and Whit Monday

Population: 5.2 million

Norway’s official language is Norwegian

National symbol: Lion

***Fun Fact: Norway is proposing the world’s first

underwater tunnel! 11
 Wrap up!
What is one interesting fact that you
learned today?
&
Write 2 sentences: one about how your
country and the country given to you are
similar and how they are different.

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