Mr.Wood
Pre AP World Lit,Period 3
2 February, 2017
French Quebecois vs Canadians
Within the world there are many countries, and among those countries there’s even more cultures. Although many cultures coexist in the same country not all of them do it willingly, but some thrive together working as a union. Cultures within a close vicinity of each other tend to occasionally share some similar beliefs and religions. Few cultures sharing a close proximity don’t prosper together nicely and even refuse to capitulate. When there's disagreements that occasionally get out of hand it tends to cause quite the conundrum. What do these cultures within countries such as Canada even share, if anything at all. And how were these cultures even originally established in the first place?
In the beginning Canada did not exist. . . at least to Europeans it didn’t. When overland trade routes became congested the voyage around Africa was far too long and dangerous, the European nations looked westward for a shorter journey. …show more content…
One of these similarities between the two is religion. Both culture share relatively similar religious beliefs mainly split between Christianity and Roman Catholics. Religion (from the Latin, religo, “respect for what is sacred”) is a key similarity between the two different cultures occupying Canada. “Religions, though differing greatly, usually share most of the following characteristics: a sense of the holy or the sacred (often manifested in the form of gods, or a personal god); a system of beliefs; a community of believers or participants; ritual (which may include standard forms of invocation, sacraments or rites of initiation); and a moral code.” Concordia University’s Department of Religion has written. Furthermore French Quebecois and Canadians share essential the same religious beliefs and