1. The Human World EQ: What is Culture?
LO: We will analyze world culture/religion.

2. What is Culture? Who teaches you culture? family, school, peers
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared and passed on by a group
Are you born with culture, or is it taught to you?
Culture is learned
Who teaches you culture?
family, school, peers
What things do we share as
Humans?
Americans?
Texans?

3. Where do cultures start?
Cultural Hearth – where innovations, ideas, materials and technology begin

4. How do cultures change and spread?
Innovation vs. Invention
To INNOVATE is to take an EXISTING concept and make it better. 
To INVENT is to make something entirely new; something that did not exist at all, before.
Diffusion
spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior
Assimilation
smaller society adopts the culture of a majority group
Acculturation
society accepts or adopts an innovation
Transculturation (a term coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947)
-- :  a process of cultural transformation marked by the influx of new culture elements and the loss or alteration of existing ones

5. Why do they call it……………..?
Toponymy is the scientific study of place names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use and typology.
Examples:
Bolivia (South America): "Land of Bolivar" in New Latin, in honor of Simón Bolívar, one of the leading generals in the Spanish American wars of independence.
Burkina Faso (Africa): "Land of Honest Men", More burkina ("honest", "upright", or "incorruptible men") and Dioula faso ("father's house")
Côte d'Ivoire (Africa): "Ivory Coast" in French, from its previous involvement in the ivory trade.
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Toponymy is distinct from, though often confused with etymology, which is the study of the origins of words.

6. Columbian Exchange
widespread exchange of the animals, plants, culture and human populations including slaves, communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

7. What culture did America adopt these things from?
Hot Dogs + Hamburgers
German
Chocolate
Aztec
Democratic Government
Greek
Halloween
Celtic
Number system
Hindu-Arab
Hockey
Canadian
Paper Money
Chinese

8. Examples - How do cultures change and spread?

9. Cultural Diffusion – Real Life Example
The blues originated in the “field hollars” of southern slaves.
The ancient African call-and-response pattern is the core of the blues.
Recordings of early artists from the 1920’s and 30’s reached Europe before World War II.
Cultural Diffusion!

10. Blues Diffusion Robert Johnson Led Zeppelin Traveling Riverside Blues
Recorded in 1937
Traveling Riverside Blues
Recorded in 1969

11. Blues Diffusion Howlin’ Wolf The Doors Back Door Man Back Door Man
1961
Back Door Man
1967

12. What are the 9 Traits of Culture?
Language
History
Religion (beliefs / morals / mores)
Food and Shelter (Types / Styles)
Education Systems
Security/Protection
Relationships – Family and Others
Political and Social Organizations
Creative Expression - Recreation

13. 1. Language Allows for communication to exist
There are between 3,000 and 6,500 different languages spoken in the world today!
Helps establish cultural identities
Can divide people
Canada - French/English
Oral tradition - Helps pass cultural traits along through generations
Dialect
different versions of the same basic language
“You all” vs. “y’all” vs. “you guys”
Language Diffusion
Follow trade routes
Blend from other languages
Migration

14. 2. History What do you know or want to know about your ancestors?
- What part(s) of the world are they from?
- What were they like?
- What obstacles did they have to overcome?
- What effect does your family history have on your current life?
Ancestry is the descendancy of a person’s bloodlines.
Genealogy is the research and analysis of ancestry.
People worldwide engage in genealogy as hobbyists or professionals, often with the goal of determining their ethnic origin, discovering the truth about a family legend, indulging a passion for history or for the purpose of learning more about a family’s health history.
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15. 3. Religion Major world religions Christianity - 33% Islam - 21%
Hinduism - 14%
Buddhism - 6%
Judaism - .2%
Others -25%
Morals - How we should act
(eg. Your conscience)
Mores - Customs and rules of conduct;
(eg. rules of the road)

16. What is religion?
The belief in a supernatural power or powers, responsible for the creation and maintenance of the universe
Types of Religions?
Monotheistic – belief in one god
Polytheistic – belief in many gods
Animistic or Traditional – belief in the forces of nature

17. 4. Food and Shelter – The places we live and the things we eat

18. 5. Education - How culture is taught or learned
Formal – Schools, Universities, Religion (church)
In-Formal – Family, Friends, Social Clubs / Groups

19. 6. Security/Protection Military – National Govt. Police – Local Govt.
Family - Tribe

20. 7. Relationships – Family and Others
Friends
Classmates / Co-Workers

21. 8. Political and social organization
Government System
Make rules and laws to keep society in order
Clubs
Examples? Boys and Girls, Boy Scouts, FFA, Optimists,
Fraternal organizations
Kiwanis, University, Veterans, Masonic etc.

22. 9. Creative Expression - Recreation
Music
instruments, singing
Art
Paintings, sculpture, photography
Dance
Theater
Literature
Novels, Poems
Architecture
Sports
Outdoor activities
Hobbies

23. How are cultural regions organized?
Society
a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity and a culture
Ethnic groups
- a specific group within a society that shares a common language, customs, and heritage
Race (biological) refers to a person's physical appearance, such as skin color, eye color, hair color, bone/jaw structure etc.
Ethnicity (sociological) relates to cultural factors such as nationality, culture, ancestry, language and beliefs.

24. Your Family Culture
Create a graphic organizer (similar to the one below) using the 9 Traits of Culture and list at least 2 examples from the 9 Traits of Culture using your family.
Creative Expression –
Recreation
Political and Social
Organizations
Relationships –
Family Structure - Others
Security and Protection
Education –
Formal and Informal
Food and Shelter
Religion – Beliefs
Morals and Mores
History
Language
9 Traits of Culture