The Seven Elements of Culture SOCIAL ORGANIZATION CUSTOMS

The Seven Elements of Culture SOCIAL ORGANIZATION CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE RELIGION FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

HUMAN Geography: Culture 2

Culture is the behaviors a group of people share that identifies them as a group. Culture is learned and passed down generation to generation. How and what we do as people defines our culture. 3

How we eat 4

What we eat 5

How we live 6

How we celebrate 7

What we wear 8

How we learn 9

Where we worship 10

The sports we watch 11

How we marry 12

How we bury 13

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What is Culture? Culture is “the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared and passed on by members of a group” Arreola, Daniel, et al. World Geography, California Teachers Edition, page 71. Mc. Dougal Littel, 2003. 15

How does culture affect a group of people? “It gives them a guide for how to behave, it ties them to one group, and it separates them from other groups. ” Arreola, Daniel, et al. World Geography, California Teachers Edition, page 71. Mc. Dougal Littel, 2003. 16

What is a society? A society is “a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture” Arreola, Daniel, et al. World Geography, California Teachers Edition, page 71. Mc. Dougal Littel, 2003. 17

A society can have different ethnic groups. An ethnic group shares a language, customs, and common heritage within a geographic region but has a separate identity. 18

Culture is not static; culture changes over time. Culture spreads because people travel to and trade with other cultures. Ideas move and are exchanged. 19

Cultural diffusion is the spread of ideas. . . Food, for example 20

Diffusion spread ideas 21

Diffusion can change cultural characteristics 22

Technology speeds the diffusion of culture and ideas. 23

Acculturation is when a society changes because it adopts a new idea. 24

Multinational Corporations spread ideas and culture 25