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Warm-Up Sept. 12, 2013Please tell me about your culture! Explain
some things that are unique and special about your family!You may include:
CelebrationsFood
BeliefsLanguages you speak
What do you and your family do in your free time?
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Vocabulary
Culture: The beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life… (For example…Government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs.)
Cultural Convergence – when skills such as art, ideas, habits, and institutions of one culture come in contact with those of another culture.
Cultural Divergence – restriction of a culture from outside influences.
Ethnic group is a human population that shares a common culture or ancestry
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I. What factors lead people to live where they do?
Natural obstacles greatly restrict where people can comfortably live.
Can you comfortably live in any of these spots?
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More than two thirds of the earth is covered by water.
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Half of the land on earth is almost unlivable.
As a result, almost all people live on a relatively small share of the earth’s surface--
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People live in areas where the soil is fertile enough, water is plentiful enough,
and the climate is mild enough to grow crops
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II. Culture
Differences in population patterns are reflections of differences in culture.
As children grow up in a given culture, they learn skills, language, eating customs, and many other cultural traits.
They pass these traits on to their own children
Over time, cultures change but usually very slowly.
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Culture
Language
Religion
ArchitectureClothing
EconomicsFoodFamily lifeGovernment
Beliefs
Shared valuesTechnologies
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Cultural Traits
Activities and behaviors that people often take part in are called culture traits.
There are many kinds of culture traits. Some, such as learning to read and do math, are much the same around the world. This is true even through different cultures use different alphabets and symbols.
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Other culture traits vary from place to place. For example, most Americans eat with a knife, fork, and spoon. However, Chinese eat with chopsticks. Ethiopians eat with their fingers or use bread to scoop their food. Each of these traits is considered correct where it is practiced.
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Many culture traits are linked. For example, the Amish are a religious group. Traditional Amish beliefs favor a simple way of life and separation from many parts of modern society.
This example shows how the culture traits of religion, farming, and the use of technology can be linked.
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Culture Region
An area in which people have many shared culture traits is called a culture region.
An individual country may be a single culture region. Japan Saudi Arabia China
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Ethnic Groups An ethnic group is a human population
that shares a common culture or ancestry.
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III. Cultural Change
Cultural Convergence – when skills, arts, ideas, and habits of one culture come in contact with those of another culture.
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Cultural Divergence – In order to limit cultural contact and the spread of ideas, repressive governments restrict movement into and out of their countries.
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What traits make a place’s cultures distinctive?
land use, resource use, religion, settlement
patterns, attitudes toward
role of women in society,
forms of government
and other customs
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Activity Complete the cultural pizza activity. Be
creative, due at the end of class.