1. The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.
Culture
The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

2. Basic Needs Food B. Shelter C. Clothing
No matter where you live on the earth, there are Basic Needs that must be meet:
Food
B. Shelter
C. Clothing

3. Stages of Life in Every Culture
All cultures also experience changes amongst the people that live there:
Childhood
Birth
Death
Old Age
Adulthood

4. Cultural Differences in Customs:
Manners
Gestures mean different things around the world
Marriage
Celebrations
Ceremonies Honoring
the Dead

5. Institutions that exist in most cultures:
Family
School
Government
Economic Systems
Religion

6. Causes of Cultural Change:
Change in the Physical Environment
Contact between cultures
Technology

7. Where we learn about our own culture:
Family
Friends
Community
Media
Be able to tell what you learn from each

8. Where we learn about other cultures:
Interacting with members of different ethnic groups
Studying the Social Sciences:
1.) Geography:
Five Themes of Geography –
A. Location - Where is it?
B. Place – What is it like there?
C. Human-Environment Interaction – What is the relationship between
people and their environment?
D. Movement – How do People/Product/Ideas move from place to place?
E. Regions
2.) History
3.) Economics
4.) Political Sciences
(Be able to tell what each of these teaches about culture.)

9. Gestures Around the World
Cultural Differences
Gestures Around the World

10. Gestures Around the World

11. This might mean "OK" in the United States, but it means "money" in Japan, an obscenity in Brazil and the Evil Eye in Saudi Arabia

12. The "V" for victory that Winston Churchill used (with the palm facing outward, same as the American sign for "peace"), means an obscenity when the palm is reversed in the U.K. or in some Latin American countries
OOPS!!!

13. Sometimes Even Presidents Use Gestures Inappropriately
OOPS!!

14. This is a unique gesture from Ethiopia.
It means revenge.

15. This is probably not a good way to hitch a ride in Iran
This is probably not a good way to hitch a ride in Iran. It is a gesture for cursing in Iran.

16. This action done near the head means crazy in China.

17. Greetings Around the World
Some people shake hands, some kiss and hug.
Others just say hello.
These exchanges are common in the U.S., but how do people in other countries greet each other?
In most of Europe, a handshake will do.

18. A Few Ways to Say Hello in Asia
Country
Gesture
China
a nod or bow
Hong Kong (older Chinese)
clasp hands together at throat level and nod
India
palms together as though praying and bend or nod, called namaste
Indonesia
say selamat, which means peace
Japan
bow from the waist, palms on thighs, heels together
Korea
a slight bow and handshake (right hand in one or both hands)
Malaysia
both hands touch other person's hands, then are brought back to the breast, called salame gesture
Philippines
a limp handshake
Sri Lanka
place palms together under chin and bow slightly
Thailand
place palms together, elbows down, and bow head slightly, called wai