World Geography

Get your folder! Semester exam Thu/Fri (early release

days) Presentations DUE today. Lesson: Review of 5 themes, physical

processes, culture & migration Homework tonight = Study, study,

study…

SWBAT apply concepts learned in the 1st semester to include the 5 themes of geography, elements of culture, causes/effects of global human migration, push-pull factors, physical processes, and factors of climate.

Elements of culture/vocabulary: acculturation, multiculturalism, assimilation, cultural diffusion/convergence, cultural divergence

Human migration vocabulary: migration, emigration, immigration, PEGS push/pull factors

Acculturation is the process of integration into a common culture through the acquisition of values, beliefs, attitudes, practices, and experiences of other groups.

Definition: Diffusion is the process by which an idea of innovation is transmitted from one group to another across space and time.

Example: McDonald’s, founded in California, is now a worldwide chain, serving more than 68 million customers daily in 119 countries.

CONVERGENCE: Cultures becoming more similar to each other

Saudi Arabia and China

What are some results of cultures changing?

Cultural convergence is the tendency for cultures to become more similar (alike) as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication systems.

Definition: Cultural divergence is the tendency for culture to become increasingly dissimilar with passage of time.

Example: Amish people resist outside influences of modern technology, clothes and pop culture.

Assimilation is where everyone joins the same culture.

Multiculturalism is where people keep their own cultures but a diversity of cultures is respected.

Chazee’s grandparents were thrown out of Ukraine early in the last century for being Jewish. In The Old Country they had lived a different life. They spoke a different language from the general population. They wore different clothes, ate different foods, etc. They were outsiders wherever they went.

So when they came to the United States they decided they wanted to be Americans so they assimilated. They bought American clothes, ate American food, sent their kids to an American school.

But today many immigrant groups want to hold on to at least some of their old culture. They want to speak their own language at home, wear clothes and eat food reflecting their origin. This allowed in the U.S. because it's a free country. That is multiculturalism.

Why do people move from place to place? Video: Why people migrate

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another Migration can occur as result of push and pull factors

Migration – move from one place to another

Immigration – arriving to a new destination/land/country

Emigration – leaving one’s homeland/country

Push factors are factors that force a person to move.

They can include famine, war, disease, lack of jobs, over population and drought

Pull factors are factors that attract a person to come to a new place.They can include freedom, family, technology, better jobs, better education.

U.S. has 3 types of immigrantsEconomic Immigrants – skilled workers and business immigrantsFamily Immigrants – spouses, children, parents, grandparents and sometimes siblingsRefugees – people who fear cruel treatment or death in their home country