Culture What is culture Set of beliefs values

Culture

What is culture? • Set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common

Elements of Culture • • • Language and dialect Food Art, music, literature, fashion, and architecture Values, ideology Social conventions, including norms, taboos, and etiquette Gender roles Festivals and holidays Social structure Religion

Culture Region • Area in which people share cultural traits

Culture groups

Elements of Culture • • • Language and dialect Food Art, music, literature, fashion, and architecture Values, ideology Social conventions, including norms, taboos, and etiquette Gender roles Festivals and holidays Social structure Religion

Cultural diffusion • Spread of cultural traits from on region to another

Population • Population- total number of people in an area • Population density- measure of number of people living in an area • Migration- people moving from one country to another

Ethnicity • Group of people who share a common culture and ancestry

Ethnicity

Diaspora • People settled far from their ancestral homelands

• http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_diasporas • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_g roups

Language

English

Spanish

French

Religion