New Zealand vs. Germany By Justin Eicher
New Zealand
• Located in the Pacific Ocean East of Australia
• The capital is Wellington • The unofficial language is English with
89.8% people speaking it and Maori 14.1% • There are 4,401,916 people living across the
two islands • The major religion is Christianity making up
44.3% of the pop and the rest are the normal Hindu, Buddhist, Islam etc.
• No subcultures are mentioned but I would imagine that native Maori people and those that can identify with more then one type of nationality would make up any subcultures.
History • In 800 A.D the Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand• 1840 chiefs meet and make compact with Britain • 1843 – 1872 land disputes between Brits and natives end up
with defeat of natives and Brit colony• 1907 became independent and supported UK in both world
wars • 1980 participation and help in armed conflicts dies off.
Todays conflicts • Recent conflicts are made up of addressing grievances of
Maori natives • A dispute of a territorial claim in Antarctica • A rise in the consumption in amphetamines
Economy • As it sits now the economy is stable after recuperating from a
recession in 2009. This was a result in a ending of dependence on Brit imports for a free market economy boosting incomes but separating social levels.
• GDP – 136 billion• Labor Force – 7% farming 19% industry 74% serveries• 6.4% unemployment
Values and Symbols • The New Zealand people value the beliefs and customs
associated with the Maori culture pulling on its art and cultural teachings.
• The coat of arms, national flag, kiwi (bird), and Koru are all symbols known to them
• Colors blue, white, red, green, black
Values and Symbols cont.
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My opinion • Like – I like that even though there is a large presence of
outsider influence like the Brits the people still hold true to their roots as Maori people.
• Dislike – it is hard to find something not to like about the area I suppose it the education system is not the best and poverty does run throughout the country
Which one? • I love America do not get me wrong, but it would be great to
live in an area that is so connected to its history and culture. Their story is a more successful version of our own Natives and it good to see that the people still thrive in their culture and country together.
Germany
• Located in central Europe between France and Poland
• Capitol is Berlin• Mainly speak German but also is
common to know languages based in the Cyrillic alphabet as well as English and French
• 80,996,685 people live in the country • 34% identify with Protestantism 34% with
Catholic 3.7 Muslim and 28.3 % no belief and other
• No subcultures mentioned. The Germans are proud people and the nationalistic attitudes make subcultures difficult
Histroy • This is more easy to talk about the write about because there
is not enough space. The highlights are • 1850 -1871 Ovb uses tact and political wars to unify the split
Germany• Germany quickly became dominate Economic power • Kaiser William II wanted a bigger navy and expansion against
ovb wishes leads into WW1 • Defeated and in economic distress Hitler rises to power• WW2• Present.
Conflicts • No outstanding conflicts to date • Has become gather of refuges from Serbia, Turkey, Iraq, Russia
etc. • Source of some drug component chemicals for South America
cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and Latin American cocaine
Economy • Strong economy rebuilt after WW1 debts and end of cold war. • 5Th largest in the world • GDP – 3.227 Trillion • Jobs – 1.6% Farming 24.6% industry 73.8% serveries • 5.3% unemployment
Values and Symbols • Germans are proud people having been forged as a country
out of a time of great nationalism. Support their own culture very strongly and value history especially their own.
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My opinion • Like – I love the focus and history and art of their culture. WE
study our own history here but I do not feel it is with the same fervor and respect that they tech
• Dislike – Although it is out of respect I do not like the punctuality and times and the formalness of speaking. I feel it would be very stressful to remember and maintain, but then again if I was born there it probably would not be to hard to keep up.
Live there?• I would love to live in Germany. My grandparents lived there
for a time and have nothing but fantastic stories. Also being part German it would be great to go and live in a place I have partially come from.
• I do like American culture do not get me wrong and I know I just said otherwise in the last slide but I think I would enjoy living in the German culture more then the American culture. The formalness and respect to people, education, and history/art is just something I would love to have in my life.
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