HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

WHAT IS CULTURE?  The beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life.

CAMEROON

HIPPIES

MEXICAN CULTURE

CAMBODIAN CULTURE

SKATEBOARD CULTURE

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

POLYNESIAN CULTURE

IMPORTANT KEY TERMS:  Population Density  Immigrant  Emigrant  Cultural Hearth  Cultural Convergence  Diffusion  Cultural Divergence

 The average number of people in a square mile. POPULATION DENSITY

MATH TIME!  So if you have 3,456,789 people living in an area that has 589 square miles. What is the average of people that live in a square mile? 5869 people per square mile  You have 3,456,789 people living in an area that has 1,345,789 square miles. What is the average of people that live in a square mile? 2.5 people per square mile.

A QUESTION: What factors (things) lead people to live where they do? Make a list of 5 things that lead people to live in certain areas.

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE WORD ADAPT?

How do humans adapt to their environment?

POPULATION GROWTH What will the effects of rapid population be?

IMMIGRANT VS. EMIGRANT What is the difference between these two words Immigrant and Emigrant?

CULTURAL HEARTH Is a place where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures.

Where are some places where big ideas have started?

NASA

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

JERUSALEM

AFRICA

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S BRAIN

THE WORLD

Language Without it people could not communicate. TWO IMPORTANT THINGS OF CULTURE Religion Helps people answer basic questions about the meaning and purpose of life.

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS  Organizing members into smaller units.  Why? It’s meant to help the people of a culture work together to meet their basic needs.

FAMILY IS MOST IMPORTANT

SOCIAL CLASS  Rank people in order of status. Based on money, occupation, education, ancestry, etc…

HIGH CLASS

MIDDLE CLASS

LOW CLASS

POVERTY

CULTURAL CHANGE How do cultures change?

CULTURAL CONVERGENCE When the skills, arts, ideas, habits, and institutions of one culture come in contact with those of another culture. When would cultural convergence happen?

CULTURAL DIVERGENCE The restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences. Why would a culture not what to be influenced by other cultures?

WHAT CULTURES ARE YOU FROM?