HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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PARTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

• Cultural Geography
• Economic Geography
• Political Geography
• Urban Geography
• Population Geography

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CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
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ELEMENTS OF CULTURE

• Religion
• Government system
• Economic system
• Language
• Art
• Clothing
• Foods

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WHAT IS CULTURE?

• The shared way of life of a large group of people

-passed down to each generation -ties us to one
group, separates us from others

• Culture regions

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RELIGION

• Plays a HUGE role in culture

-dress, foods, social relations, form of govt.,
laws, world view

• Not just a belief, but a way of life

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LANGUAGE

• Allows a cultural group to communicate with each
  other

-to pass on their culture -unifies the
group -creates a cultural identity
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CULTURAL CHANGE
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CULTURAL DIFFUSION

• The spread of ideas from one culture to another
  who then adopts them

-through TV, radio, internet, travel, migration,
war, trade
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ACCULTURATION

• When a people adopts only SOME elements of
  another culture

-they still highly value their own culture
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ASSIMILATION

• When a people adopts ALL parts of another culture

-they give up their original culture
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GLOBALIZATION

• The blending of cultures all
• over the world

-creates a global set of cultural elements
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TRADITIONALISM

• Protecting a culture from outside influences

• Does not want to change

-opposite of globalization