1. Unit #1 Cultural Anthropology

2. Culture
The entire way of life of a group of people in a defined location.

3. Geography
The study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other.
There are 5 themes to geography
Movement
Region
Location
Interaction
Place
MR LIP

4. Theme #1 Movement Movement of people, goods, and ideas
Trade-movement of goods
Import/export
Diffusion: Spread of ideas - religion, political ideas, technology.
Westernization: Adopting of Western Culture
Interdependence- The mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources and knowledge from other parts of the world
Globalization: The interdependence of a global economy.
Who benefits most?
Pros & Cons

5. Impacts of Movement
Imperialism: One country controls, the political, economic, or cultural life of another
Ethnocentrism: Judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture
Racism: The belief that one racial group is superior than another

6. Theme #2 Region An area with its own unifying characteristics
Physical characteristics (climate/landforms)
Cultural Aspects
Political/Government
Democracy- all people are involved in the decision making process
Dictatorship- one person has absolute power over the government
Republic-people elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
Economic
Traditional- Older economic systems
Market- government is “hands off”
Command- Controlled by the Government only
Mixed- a hybrid, a combination of market and command
Religion
Monotheism
Polytheism

7. Theme # 3 Location Position on the earth’s surface
Relative location-where a place is in reference to another
Latitude: Measures distances North and South of the Equator (shown as a horizontal line)
Longitude: Measures distances East or West of the
Prime Meridian (shown as a vertical line)

8. Theme #4 Interaction between People & Environment
How we change the world around us to meet our needs
How people adapt to their environment
Hidden costs-our actions have impacted the environment
Pollution, killing species

9. Theme #5 Place Physical and human characteristics of a location
What society is like
Layout of the land

10. Types of Maps Physical Political Forests
Topography (elevation, landforms)
Rivers/Oceans
Political
Countries
States
County lines

11. Other Vocab
Refugees: people who flee their homeland to seek safety elsewhere
Sanctions: actions by states to force another to comply with the law
United Nations: The world organization set up and run by multiple countries. The purpose is to solve world social and economic problems.
Political Ideology: Political and Economic beliefs of a particular country.
Archeology: Study of physical artifacts from the ancient world to piece together history.