1. The 7 Elements of Culture

2. Journal Entry #7
Name the 6 groups that use resources from the Amazon rainforest AND their position on how the land should be used or preserved.

3. Essential Questions
What elements are considered when analyzing a country’s culture?
How does Latin American culture differ from American culture?

4. _________: everything that makes up a person’s entire way of life

5. 7 Elements of Culture Social Organization ____________________
Language
Arts and Literature
Religion

6. 7 Elements of Culture ____________________
These are things that all cultures have in common.
What might some of those things be?
____________________
-When a culture organizes its members into ____________________
What might some smaller groups be in a culture?
Families
Friends
Religious groups
______________
________________
Interest groups

7. 7 Elements of Culture ________________, cont.
- __________: the most important unit of social organization
________________- husband, wife, children
_________________ several generations in one household
- respect for elders is usually strong in extended families.

8. 7 Elements of Culture ___________________, cont.
- _________________: a way to rank people in order of status
What can social class be based on?
Money
Occupation
Education
Race
Etc.

9. 7 Elements of Culture 2. ___________________
Rules of behavior (written and unwritten)
Food, clothing, celebrations, etc.

10. 7 Elements of Culture _______________
Important for _________________ and passing on _____________ and ____________
There is some debate about making English the official language of the United States.

11. 7 Elements of Culture 4. _____________________
- teach about a culture’s values
- promote ______________ and unity
-Could include technology and entertainment

12. 7 Elements of Culture _____________ Major World Religions
______________: belief in one god
____________: belief in more than one god
Major World Religions
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism

13. 7 Elements of Culture 6. ______________________
People form governments to provide for their common needs
Types
______________: people have supreme power
___________: people choose leaders to represent them
____________: a ruler or group holds power by force
White House
Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament

14. 7 Elements of Culture ___________________ Resources a community has
Four types
1. ____________: people produce most of what they need to survive
2. ___________: basic economic questions are answered by buying/selling goods and services
3. ____________: government controls answers to economic questions
4. __________: individuals make some economic decisions, the government makes others

15. Ways Cultures Change Technology _______________________
Cars, telephone, computers, TV dinners
_______________________
New Ideas (like recycling)
_____________: movement of customs and ideas from one place to another

16. Be Careful of…
_______________: judging other cultures by the standards of your own
Assuming your own culture to be the best
___________: belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another