Culture

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Culture

• There are 8 traits geographers look at to study a
  culture
• Language, Religion, Social groups, Government,
  Economy, History, Daily life, and the Arts

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Language

• Through language, people communicate information
  and experiences and pass on cultural values and
  traditions.
• Dialects also unify groups within the larger
  culture. They use the same words but with
  different pronunciations.

3
Religion

• Religions help people answer basic questions
  about lifes meanings.
• People who share religious beliefs feel a strong
  connection to each other.
• Sometimes religious belief can divide people.

4
Social Groups

• Develop to help the members of a culture work
  together to meet basic needs.
• There are many different types of groups in a
  society. Family is usually the most important,
  but class can also play a big role.
• Geographers look at how they are alike and how
  they are different.
• Ethnic Groups are cultures within other cultures.

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Government

• Governments maintain order within the country,
  provides protection from outside dangers, and
  supplies other services to its people.
• Different types of government reflect cultures.
  Governments are based on shared values.
• How they are organized and who holds power is
  reflective of cultural values.

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Economy

• Economy is based on how a culture utilizes its
  natural resources to meet human needs. Also, how
  people produce, obtain, use, and sell goods and
  services
• Traditional-based on beliefs and customs
• Market-based on freedom, personal choice
• Command-based on government control

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Culture is like an Iceberg, its huge but we only
see a small piece of it
Clothing
Literature
Arts
Food
Games
Concepts of Time
Social relationships
Attitude towards change
Beliefs about religion
Ideas of beauty
Beliefs in equality
Beliefs about government
Relation-ship to nature
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History

• A shared history shapes how people view the world
• Stories reveal ideas that are important to a
  culture
• Good and bad experiences are celebrated and
  remembered

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Daily Life

• Clothing (traditional and modern)
• Housing (types of housing, construction
  materials)
• Food What they eat
• How they eat it
• When they eat

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Arts

• Arts provide insight into what is beautiful and
  important to a culture
• Sculpture, painting, music, dance, literature,
  etc.
• People express their culture and beliefs' through
  their art