Defining Culture Knowledge attitudes behaviors shared over generations

Defining Culture • Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors shared over generations is culture • Society is a group that shares geographic region, identity, culture • An ethnic group shares language, customs, common heritage NEXT

Importance of Language • Enables people to communicate • Helps establish cultural identity, unity • Between 3, 000 & 6, 500 languages spoken worldwide • Dialect—a version of a language Religion Belief Systems • Religion-belief in supernatural power that made the universe • Monotheistic - faiths believe in one god • Polytheistic - Belief in many gods • Traditional - faiths believe in divine forces of nature

Worldwide Population Growth Population Distribution • 2/3 of world’s population lives between 20°N and 60°N latitude • Population density is the average number of people living in an area Continued. . . NEXT

Types of Government • Democracy, citizens hold political power • Monarchy Political power held by a king or queen • Dictatorship a group or individual holds all political power • Communism political, economic power held by government in people’s name Geographic Characteristics of Nations Size, Shape, Location • Landlock – no direct outlet to the sea, slows shipping Boundaries • Natural Boundaries – Rivers, Mountains, Lakes • Artifical Boundaries – Fixed imaginary lines NEXT

Economic Systems • Economy—the production and exchange of goods and services Types of Economic Systems - traditional, or barter, economy - command, government plans the economy - market economy, capitalism, production based off of demand - mixed economy, a combination of command market, consumers demand government regulates Economic Activities - Industrial, Agricultural, Service Natural Resources • Natural Resources —Earth’s materials that have economic value • Three types of natural resources: - renewable resources (trees) can be replaced naturally - nonrenewable resources (metals, oil, coal) cannot be replaced - inexhaustible resources (sun, wind) are unlimited resources