Culture

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Culture

• Ch. 5 Section 1
• Pg. 75-80

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Aspects of Culture

• Culture Learned system of shared beliefs and
  ways of doing things that guides a persons daily
  behavior
• Culture Region Culture dominates a particular
  region. People share culture traits.
• Culture Traits clothing, food, religious
  beliefs, language

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Ethnic Groups

• Ethnic Groups Groups that share beliefs and
  practices learned from parent, grandparents, and
  ancestors.
• Religion
• History
• Language
• Holiday Traditions
• Food

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Sharing a Country

• Multicultural (multiethnic) When people from
  different cultures live in the same country. Look
  at map on pg. 76 in textbook.
• Some countries have conflict because of different
  ethnic groups, others live in harmony

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Race

• Race based on inherited physical or biological
  traits.
• This is not the same as ethnicity Review
  definitions to understand the difference
• Also refer to page 76 in your text book
• Some racial differences have developed in
  response to climate factors such as cold and
  sunlight.
• Different cultures define race differently
• Examples
• East Africa height and facial features.
• Other people different, obvious physical traits
• Many times definitions of race are based on
  attitudes not actual biological differences.

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Cultural Change

• Diffusion the spread of one cultures ways or
  beliefs to another culture.
• May occur when people move, communication
  increases
• Acculturation people borrow aspects of another
  culture as the result of long-term contact with
  another society.
• Invention A new idea about how something can be
  made or done (e.g. printing press)
• Innovation An improvement in a cultures
  technology (e.g. the Internet)

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Cultural Differences

• Symbol a sign that stand for something else.
  Ex. word, shape, color, flag
• Tight what does it really mean?
• Behavior
• Religion
• Language, clothing, holidays
• Symbols can help people communicate with each
  other and create a sense of belonging to a group.

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Development of Culture

• Basic Needs food, water, clothing, shelter
• Shaped by history
• French settling in Louisiana and Canada
• British colonizing Nigeria, India, and Australia
• Environment
• Egypt Nile River
• How people use and shape their land City
  Designs
• Spain central plaza
• Chinese orientated around four compass points
• America often follow a rectangular grid plan

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Agriculture

• Domestication Wild plants and animals became
  more dependant on people
• Environment Farming changed the landscape.
  Cleared forests, irrigation lines, building
  fences
• Types
• Subsistence Farmers grow just enough food for
  themselves and their families. (Developing
  Countries)
• Commercial Small number of farmers produce
  enough food for everyone. (Developing Countries)
• Civilization People began to stay in one spot
  and store food