Do Now What are factors that create a culture?

Cultural Geography

To understand human geography, culture is a key to that understanding Culture includes all the features of a people’s way of life It can be learned or passed down through generations Important parts of culture include: language, religion, architecture, clothing, economics, family life, food, and government

Culture Traits Activities and behaviors Learning to read and do math are common around the world Vary from place to place

How to Eat?!??! Americans- use fork, spoon, knife Chinese-use chopsticks Ethiopians- Use their fingers All correct according to location!!!

Lets create a bubble map of culture traits Culture Traits Language Religion Government Food Clothing Architecture EconomicsFamily Life

Culture traits can be linked USA and Canada- the Amish lead a simple life away from a modern society – Do not use cars, electricity, and telephones – Do not use modern farm technology like tractors

Culture Regions Many different regions in the world and have their own way of life Includes the way they use their land, resources they depend on, religions they practice, settlement patterns, role of women, and government

Area with shared culture traits is called a culture region – This can be an individual country where there is one dominant culture like Japan – Countries can include multiple culture regions like Africa where there are many ethnic groups Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa Country borders can divide culture regions and separate members of one ethnic group – Kurds are one ethnic group but the borders of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq divide them Culture regions can also be made up of several countries – Australia and New Zealand

Culture Change Traits change through time… Example: clothing Can be more complex than clothing though – Shopping in U.S. in cities 1800s 1900s 2000s

Migration, war, and trade have caused culture to change- new ways of life – Example: Spain colonized the Americas, brought over horses, Indians then acquired them When an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture it is called acculturation – Immigrants to the United States – Learn new language and adopt a new way of life Assimilation- adopts culture completely

Innovation and Diffusion Two concepts to understand how culture changes Innovation- new ideas that a culture accepts – Some ideas last longer than others…. Baseball Diffusion- Idea or innovation spreads from one person to another…. Jazz 3 Types of Diffusion – Expansion-spreads throughout a society – Relocation-When people move to new places – Hierarchical- From places of greater size to smaller size

Globalization Communications networks deliver information constantly around the world Helps to spread culture traits quickly Globalization- connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike Cultural convergence- different cultures blending – Name brand soft drinks or fast food- Coke & McDonalds – Mexican food in the United States

Traditionalism Following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas Fundamentalism- movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles Contributes to cultural divergence- cultures becoming separate

Culture Trait Comparison Create a chart to show the similarities and differences of the two countries – You will be assigned the countries Use your phone or book to help you complete the chart Use the 8 traits to complete the chart Country 1 Country 2 Language Religion Government Food Clothing Architecture Economics Family Life

Culture Cube It’s All About You! Name in the middle square In the rest of the boxes, draw/describe YOUR culture using the 8 culture traits as a guide This will eventually create a cube that we will glue together! Remember this is YOUR culture not America!!!