2. Are the customs similar or different in both
places? Why?
Costumes in Ecuador include:
Music: Pasillo is a popular genre of music that is associated with the indigenous communities while
marimba and bomba music are associated with Afro-Ecuadorian communities.
Food: Cooking traditions vary greatly by region: coastal dining concepts often include fish and
beans while Andean cuisine favors meat, rice and hominy.
Clothes: colorful clothes that represents the culture of each group.
A lot of ethnic groups.
Language: Spanish and quichua.
Religios: catholic
Costums in Caucasus States:
50 ethnic groups.
Language: Indo-European languages, such as Armenian and Ossetic, and
the Turkic language Azerbaijani are local and used in the area. Russian is used as a common
language.
Clothes: traditional costumes.
Religion: Zoroastrianism religion is the dominant in the country.
3.
4. Is the economy similar or different in both places?
Why?
The economy of Ecuador is based mostly on exports of oil, bananas, shrimp, gold,
other primary agricultural products and money transfers from nearly a million
Ecuadorian emigrants employed abroad. Ecuador is the world's largest exporter
of bananas and a major exporter of shrimp. Exports of non-traditional products
such as flowers and canned fish have grown in recent years. Industry is largely
oriented to servicing the domestic market.
Oil has been the major product in the Caucasus, Iron and steel also are
produced. Power for these industries is produced at several large hydroelectric
stations, notably at Kura. Caucasus has many economically
important minerals and energy resources, such
as: alunite, gold, chromium, copper, iron ,
ore, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, lead,tungsten, uranium, zinc, oil, natural
gas and coal.
5. Are the government systems similar or
different in both places? How?
Ecuador is a constitutional democracy. The Politics of
Ecuador take place in a presidential representative
democratic republican framework, whereby the
President of Ecuador is both head of state and head
of government, and of a multi-party system.
Caucasus States have a communist government.
6.
7. Are the environmental problems similar or
different in both places? How?
Ecuador's major environmental problems were erosion in
the highland areas; deforestation, especially in the
Amazon Region; and water pollution.
In Caucasus the major problems include: deforestation,
water and air pollution and also the soil contamination.
