Culture Part I Global Issues - Puente

Important Definitions Culture: Values, norms and traditions that affect the way we perceive, interact, and think about the world. Each culture has its own intrinsic values. Give examples:

Cultural characteristic can be classified as: 1)External: ways of dress, food, religious practices, styles of living, music and language. Examples: 2)Internal: thinking patterns, ways of perceiving and learning styles Examples:

Race Def. - genetically or biologically based similarity among people, which is distinguishable. - Unique and functions to mark or separate people from one another

Nationality Def.: is a political term referring to a government and a set of formal and legal mechanisms that have been established to regulate the political behavior of its people. Example:

Ethnic Group Def.: refers to a wide variety of groups who might share a language, historical origins, religion, identification with a common nation-state or cultural system. Group that gives you a sense of belonging – usually our society forces people into this group because of the way they look. Example:

I. Culture -Social Groups -Language -Economies/How People make a Living - Language -Religion

A. Social Group 1. How society meets the needs of its people 2. Infant Survival rate: number of babies that live beyond 1 year old out of number born 3. Standard of Living: Quality of life based on available material goods 4.Life expectancy rate: how long people live on average. *Both show levels of health care w/in a country 5. Literacy rate: How widely people are educated

Literacy Rates

Language Languages in a cultural region usually come from the same “language family”: Major Languages: a.Chinese b.English c.Hindi d.Russian e.Spanish f.Arabic Language - Communication, allows people to preserve their past & present experiences through history & Literature

Q&A = 1 FULL paragraph answer. Separate sheet of paper. You will turn in your answer. Which must yield to the other: the social order or the good of the person? Consider what you just learned regarding culture. The good of one person must yield to the social order. The social order must yield to the good of one person.

Economies/How People Make a Living -The way in which the people of the country produce, get, and use goods and services 1.GNP – Value of all goods & services produced annually by the citizens, working inside or outside of the country 2.GDP – all annual production within a country 3.Per Captia Income – measures how much money per person a country or region earns. 4.Factors of Production: Land, Labor (workers), Capital (money for investment)

3 types of Economic Systems 1)Capitalism: a government that promotes free enterprise: private businesses operate with little interference from government. -Usually democratic systems Name countries - 2)Socialism: economic system in which government decides how resources will be use and how businesses will be run. -Usually authoritarian governments. Name countries 3) Communism: an economic system in which all means of production – land, labor and capital – are owned by the people. -Private property does not exist, all goods and services are share equally. Name countries (past and present) -

Categories of Nations Based on Economic Production 1.Developed/Industrialize d/1 st World Nations: -Countries that produce great quantities of goods & services & employ many of their workers in industry -Use science to improve their technology & to build well developed economies -Usually have adequate food, clothing and housing as well as good health care & education for their people.

2. Developing/3 rd World Nations Do not have modern technology and industries. Most lack the money, resources & skilled workers needed for economic growth. Populations have increased, yet still mainly rural & majority of their workers are traditional farmers Poor distribution of income, clothing & housing Few get proper health care or attend school, life expectancy is relatively short.

Differences between developed and developing nations Developed Nations -Manufacturing Econ. -High GDP & GNP -Literacy Rate are High -High Life expectancy rates Developing Nations -Agricultural Econ. -Low GDP & GNP -Literacy Low -Low Life Expect.

Trend Today Manufacturing jobs moving from Developed Nations to Developing Nations Nations are becoming more industrialized Developing Nations provide: 1.Many eager workers, 2.Workers work for less money than people in industrialized nations (1/20 of the income) Examples of Newly Industrialized Countries