What are the top 2 religions inn South Korea? During Gary Wintz speech ‘Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know about Korea’, he mentioned quite a couple of interesting topics that match up with the book Introduction to Geography. Even though there is both a North and a South Korea, I will be focusing mainly on South Korea. The topics that matched up were religion, agriculture and food, and economy.
Religion is a topic that Gary Wintz covered in his speech. There are many religions in South Korea, however the top two are Buddhism and Christianity. According to Introduction to Geography, Buddhism came to be when a Hindu Prince named Siddhartha Guatama, mediated and became the enlightened one. Buddhism was introduced to S. Korea in the 4th c. A.D. Since there are about 488 million people, who follow Buddhism, it would make sense that they are eager for others to follow Buddhism. An example of this would be Gary Wintz and his …show more content…
According to Introduction to Geography South Korea is a country that grows a variety of crops and farm animals, also called an agricultural polyculture. South Korea grows many crops, but they use a majority of their agricultural land to farm rice and raise cattle. According to Introduction to Geography, in the year 2011, S. Korea had an average yield of cereals, in kilograms per hectare, of 4,001 to 9,000. The term cereal in the average yield is wheat, rice, and maize. While in the year 2011, the United States had an average of 50 to 99 million cattle, while South Korea had less than 12 million cattle, which they can eat and use to help in the fields to pull plows and other equipment. Many countries have a different variety of foods that they make. South and North Korea are no different. According to Gary Wintz, Koreans enjoy a delicious and common side dish called Kimchi. Kimchi is a delicious and sometimes colorful assortment of fermented
Religion is a topic that Gary Wintz covered in his speech. There are many religions in South Korea, however the top two are Buddhism and Christianity. According to Introduction to Geography, Buddhism came to be when a Hindu Prince named Siddhartha Guatama, mediated and became the enlightened one. Buddhism was introduced to S. Korea in the 4th c. A.D. Since there are about 488 million people, who follow Buddhism, it would make sense that they are eager for others to follow Buddhism. An example of this would be Gary Wintz and his …show more content…
According to Introduction to Geography South Korea is a country that grows a variety of crops and farm animals, also called an agricultural polyculture. South Korea grows many crops, but they use a majority of their agricultural land to farm rice and raise cattle. According to Introduction to Geography, in the year 2011, S. Korea had an average yield of cereals, in kilograms per hectare, of 4,001 to 9,000. The term cereal in the average yield is wheat, rice, and maize. While in the year 2011, the United States had an average of 50 to 99 million cattle, while South Korea had less than 12 million cattle, which they can eat and use to help in the fields to pull plows and other equipment. Many countries have a different variety of foods that they make. South and North Korea are no different. According to Gary Wintz, Koreans enjoy a delicious and common side dish called Kimchi. Kimchi is a delicious and sometimes colorful assortment of fermented