1. CULTURE
REALMS
Aka Macrocultural Regions

2. COLOR AND LABEL

3. Note that some of “my” regions have
different names from the “Culture
Realms” (Macrocultural Regions) core
map. Both are correct and can be used
interchangeably. You should be familiar
with both terms.

4. ANGLO-AMERICA
Language—English
Religion—Protestant
Notes—Because of immigration, every
possible religion and language are in
North America. One big exception to the
English/Protestant majority is Quebec,
which is French speaking and Catholic

5. LATIN AMERICA
Language—Spanish
Religion—Catholic
Notes—Exception is that Brazil speaks
Portuguese

6. WESTERN EUROPE
Language branches—Germanic and
Romance
Religion—Germanic speakers are
Protestant, Romance speakers are Catholic
Notes—The exception is that Greece is not
Germanic or Romance, or Protestant or
Catholic. Its language is Indo-European (as
is Germanic and Romance), but it’s branch
is Hellenic. Religion is Orthodox

7. EASTERN EUROPE
Language—Slavic
Religion—Orthodox
Notes—The word “slavic” is where we
get the term “slave” from because
historically so many slavs were sold as
slaves by conquering people

8. EAST ASIA
Language—Mandarin (dominant and also
lingua franca in the area)
Religion—Non-Religious, Atheist, or Buddhist
Notes—Although Mandarin is an official
language in Tibet, Tibetans speak Standard
Tibetan (a Tibeto-Burman branch of the same
Sino-Tibetan family as Mandarin). Korean and
Japanese are each their own language family.
The non-religious/atheistic aspect of East Asia
comes from the communist influence. Latin for
China is “Sino.”

9. SOUTHEAST ASIA
Language—Southeast Asian Family
(Austronesian, Austro-Asiatic and Tai
Kadai)
Religion—Buddhist and Muslim
Notes—the exception is the Philippines.
It was colonized by Spain, is named after
King Philip of Spain, and is Catholic. Its
culture is fragmented, as would be
expected in a country comprised of many
islands (7,107).

10. SOUTH ASIA
Language—Indic (Latin for India is Indo)
Religion—Hindu and Islam
Notes—The exception is that Buddhists
are in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan

11. MIDDLE EAST
Language—Arabic (and Arabic is the Lingua
Franca in the area, even in countries where
Arabic is not the main language)
Religion—Islam
Notes—Big exceptions: Central Asia’s
language is from the Altaic Family, Iran’s
language family (Farsi, or Persian) is IndoEuropean and Israel’s language is Hebrew
(same Afro-Asiatic family as Arabic). Also, the
religion in Israel is Judaism, not Islam.

12. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Language—Niger-Congo Family, Benue-
Congo branch (mostly clumped together
and called Bantu)
Religion—Animist (indigenous) and
Christian
Notes—None 

13. OCEANIA (SOUTH PACIFIC)
Language—English
Religion—Protestant
Notes—Obviously the result of English
colonization