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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Cultural Universals(4), Eight of the Major Universals Culture - The sum total of the way of living of a group of humans that can be transmitted from generation to generation. These elements of culture can be found in all groups of people. They are not uniform, but they are universal. For example when applited to Canada Section 4, Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Language * Representation * Assigns meaning to sounds * Communicate in past, present and future, Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Family and Kin In Canada marriage is happened everywhere or 18 or older people. To get married you need a marriage license (like in the US). To get a marriage license you need to be 18. Any one younger needs to have both parents ( or whoever has custody) consent. The license last 90 days after insured. Most Canadian Families are very casual and they never wear shoes in the house. No one is usually very formal. Also, the usual size of a Canadian family is 3 people-14 people., Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Food, Clothing, and Shelter * What we eat, how it is prepared, and how we eat it * Different types of allowed food based upon region, religion on nutritional needs * Housing, shelter, how, where, what people live in. For more information open the three resources attached below., Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Recreation -For Canadian leisure times, they do many different activities. -They have art galleries, coin collection associations, orchid and peony growing societies, garden festivals, postal history society of Canada, wine making festivals, auto shows, ice fishing, golf clubs, hunting, nature parks, water parks, national parks, hiking and biking trails. Work Cited http://www.culture.ca/english.jsp, Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Religion Attitude to the Unknown Canada Religion More catholics live in Canada then any other religion. The second most religion is Protestant. More people do not have any religious affiliation then the other religions. The smallest religions are eastern religions like Hindu, Jewish and Muslim. People that have no religion in Canada live everywhere. Christianity (Orthodox and others) is also pretty low in Canada. Even though Catholic is a main religion, there is no main church in Canada. In the late 19th and 20th centuries most people in Canada where Christians and adherents of the Catholic church. There a more Catholic churches in Canada then all there other churches. Funerals In Canada people arrange there funerals way before they die. It is much more common to prearrange your funeral now then it was 30 years ago in Canada. Religion and culture influence this. Bodies must be buried prior to 72 hours of death. Usually a funeral director directs the funeral and puts the body in the coffin, but some religions like Hindu and Sikhs elders prepare the body for the funeral. There is a custom called The Wake. That custom is not used much now, instead there is a viewing time at funeral homes for the deceased. A common scene in Canada for funerals is that the body is put in a car that drives to the funeral home with people in cars or walking around it. Works Cited: “Canada”. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 8 October 2008, at 03:46. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Canada “Canada”. TheCanadianEncyclipedia. 2008 Historica Foundation of Canada. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC821010, Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Government Canada's government is a federation with parliamentary democracy. A federation with parliamentary democracy is a federation that has several parties that elect a “president”. Parliamentary systems are characterized by no clear-cut separation ofpowers between the executive and legislative branches, leading to a different set of checks and balances compared to those found in presidential systems. Parliamentary systems usually have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state with the head of government being the prime minister or premier and the head of state often being a figurehead often either a president (elected either popularly or by the parliament) or by a (often in a constitutional monarchy. In Canada, there are three levels of police forces: municipal, provincial, and federal. Constitutionally, law enforcement is a provincial responsibility, although most urban areas have been given the authority by the provinces to maintain their own police force. All but three provinces in turn contract out their provincial law enforcement responsibilitiesto the Royal Canadian Police force the federal police force., Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Art CANADIAN ART, MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA, AND LITERATURE Many famous artist have come from Canada. Some being A. Y. Jackson a painter, Pierre Granche a sculptor, and Gigi Hollier another painter. Some famous musicians from Canada are Shania Twain, Nickleback, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Michael Buble, and Nelly Furtado. Some famous authors from Canada are Malcolm Lowry, Pierre Bertion, Margaret Atwood, and Alice Monro. Some famous Actors and Actresses from Canada are Jim Carrey, Dave Thomas, Pamela Anderson, and Mike Meyers. Some famous dancers from Canada are Anna Pavlova, Frederick Ashton, and Erik Bruhn. Works Cited “Authors.” Well known people who happen to be Canadian. 16 Oct. 2008. <http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/Canadians/main.html> “Canadian Content.” Canadian Content. 16 Oct. 2008. <http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/music/> “Canadian Content.” Canadian Content. 16 Oct. 2008. <http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/actors/> “List of Canadian Painters.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation Inc. 16 Oct. 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_painters>, Canada Section 4 can be broken down into the following categories Economics Canada is home to the ninth largest economy in the world. The country is one of the wealthiest nations and is part of the OECD or the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international organization made up of 30 countries that accepts free marketing economy. A large part of Canada is international trade. The U.S is Canada's largest trading partner. We account of 80% of exports and 70% of imports. All of their imports and exports were ranked 8th in 2006 out of all the countries.The money they use there are called Canadian dollars or CAD. One CAD is worth 0.873934 U.S dollars. Canada also can makes money off their natural resources. They have oil and a great amount of fish. Work Cited “Economy of Canada.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 10 Oct. 2008. <http://mail.whitfieldschool.org/exchange/> “The Economy.” 43.statcan. 43.statcan, 26 May 2003. <http://www43.statcan.ca/03/03_000_e.htm>