Cultural convergence can be described as the intermixing of cultures. which two of the following are examples of cultural convergence?
english is an official language in more than 25 countries around the world.
drinking coffee is a trend often associated with italian culture.
taoism is an indigenous chinese religion that is still practiced today.
the pound sterling is the official currency of the united kingdom.
islam is practiced by more than one billion people worldwide.

English is an official language in more than 25 countries around the world.

Islam is practiced by more than one billion people worldwide.

Explanation:

These are the two statements that exemplify cultural convergence. The first statement is a good example of the intermixing of cultures because English originated in the British Isles. However, it was able to reach a huge audience everywhere in the world due to the spread of English culture. The case of Islam is similar. Although it originated with a small number of people in the Middle East, it has now spread all over the world.

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.