Country Portfolio; Chile Unit 3 by Ivoree Coles https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x en-us 2018-12-17 00:47:50 UTC 2019-01-07 00:34:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. A. Language iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315032075 1. Find what language that a majority of the people speak in your country. Answer- Spanish.
2. What language family, branch, and group is this language a part of? Answer- Latin family, Western Romance Branch, and the Ibero Romance group
Sources- Oishimaya Sen Nag ,What Language Are Spoken in Chile, July 19, 2018
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-chile.html]]> 2018-12-17 00:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315032075 1. B. Religions iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315033133 1. Find the religion that a majority of the people in your country are a part of. Answer- Christianity. It was introduced in the 1840's when the government of Chile supported the migration of settlers from Germany to the southern lake region.
2. Determine whether each religion is an ethnic or universalizing religion. Answer- Christianity is a universalizing religion.
3. Christianity is a monotheistic religion. The worship style is typically at a church or some type of building to praise God. The sacred text is the HOLY BIBLE. The architecture is a huge building with tiny crosses at the top. Typically in the inside it includes stained glass with scenes from the Bible. In Chile they call them temples.
4. https://pxhere.com/en/photo/475496
Sources- No author, Religious Beliefs and Spirituality in Chile, 2018. 
 https://www.studycountry.com/guide/CL-religion.htm 
]]> 2018-12-17 01:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315033133 1. C. Ethnicity iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315034452 1. Find the top two represented ethnicity in your country. Answer- European is the top ethnicity in Chile. They speak Spanish and the ethnic group is made up of Italians, Croatians, French, German, English, and Poles.
 Sources- Benjamin Elisha Sawe, Largest Ethnic Groups in Chile,April 25, 2017.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/largest-ethnic-groups-in-chile.html]]> 2018-12-17 01:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315034452 1. D. What roles do women play? iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315164874 1. Women in Chile traditionally include themselves into politics. In 2006 they had their first Chilean women president. Her name was Michelle Bachelet. In the 1960’s, campaigns for the Christian democrats brought more attention to women’s issues as a way of capturing the women’s vote. Currently women have the same legal rights as men.
Source-Cambridge University Press, The 'Gender Gap of Women' in Chile. November 2004. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3875537?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]]> 2018-12-17 14:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315164874 1. E. Culture iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315167715 1. One example of folk culture in Chile is a festival in Chile where they celebrate Chile's Catholic roots and honors the Virgin of Cameren, the patron saint of Chile. It starts on July 12 and ends on July 18, there is typically around 200,000 people. The top picture is the festival called de la Tirana. Another example of folk culture in Chile is called We Tripantu, or the Mapuche New Year. It beings just before sunset on June 23 and ends at sunrise on June 24. They believe that the winter solstice brings the renewal of life. It is typically help by a community chief.
Source- Jessica Martinez, Leaf Group,Top Cultural Celebrations and Festivals in Chile March 13, 2018 https://traveltips.usatoday.com/top-cultural-celebrations-festivals-chile-61003.html ]]> 2018-12-17 14:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315167715 This is a picture of We Tripantu. iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315378806 2018-12-17 23:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315378806 1. E. Popular Culture iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315378866 2. One example of popular culture in Chile is the Tapati Festival at Rapa Nui in February every year since 1975. The various activities include body painting, swimming and canoeing competitions to crown a festival queen. This usually occurs on Easter Island. The top picture is an example of the festival. Another example of pop culture in Chile is Tennis. Tennis is a popular sport, but in Chile it is the most successful sport passing soccer.
Sources-Inside Out Media, Chile Holidays and Festivals, 2018. 
 https://www.studycountry.com/guide/CL-sports.htm
https://www.iexplore.com/articles/travel-guides/central-and-south-america/chile/festivals-and-events 
]]> 2018-12-17 23:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315378866 Popular Culture in Chile. iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315379877 2018-12-17 23:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315379877 2. iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315380001 Racial tension in Chile
Answer- People were shouting racial slurs at the Haitian people who were coming over.
source- JACQUELINE CHARLES, Chile is used to welcoming migrants. But Haitians don’t always get a warm reception, MARCH 01, 2018 07:00 AM,
UPDATED MARCH 05, 2018 07:12 PM  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article202589599.html
]]> 2018-12-17 23:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315380001 3. Current Event iacoles46 https://padlet.com/iacoles46/vtqe7a2u5n5x/wish/315381563 many Chileans are put off by the church's influence in keeping tight restrictions in social matters like marriage and abortion, but this matter is much serious. A priest was accused of a sex abuse scandal. This deals with religion because if you don't have a priest then you lose followers which makes the religion followers decrease.
Source- By PETER PRENGAMAN, Catholic Church in Chile weakened by scandal, Jan 19, 2018
 https://www.news-journal.com/features/religion/catholic-church-in-chile-weakened-by-scandal/article_1ba81422-28c7-52a3-92f7-dda0239dbb37.html
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