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What are at least three geographic or cultural factors that would stop one country's culture from spreading and mixing into another county's culture? Provide a solution for each factor identified.

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The expert lists different factors to stop one country's culture from spreading and mixing into another county's culture.

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1) In a heterogeneous society language barriers sometimes cause great danger to the unity of the entire society. With a language barrier, a culture does not spread with another countries culture because they the specifics of the culture cannot be communicated (Grubb, 1974). A multilingual approach can be inefficient and can prevent important interactions from taking place and get in the way of achieving key goals. This limits economic growth and diversity for both the heterogeneous societies.

A solution to the language barrier is to adopt one official language. For instance, a lot of businesses have adopted English-only policies in order to allow more seamless business transactions between companies from ...

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