To understand world cultures it is important to
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“To understand world cultures, it is important to see the connections between people and their environment. ”
� Aka- Migration � Has � As positives and negatives! people move… � Ideas spread � Trade - Exports v. Imports � Creates Interdependence - dependence of countries on goods, resources & knowledge from other parts of the world � If too many people leave an area… can create a “Brain Drain”
� Area with its own unifying characteristics (can be physical, cultural, political or economic)
� Position on earth’s surface � Relative or � Absolute �Lines of latitude measure N & S of the Equator of longitude measure E & W of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich, England)
� People change the environment (“Progress” rogress but often with “Hidden Costs”) Costs https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Vc. SX 4 yt. Efc. E � Or people adapt
� Described by physical & human characteristics… characteristics �Physical characteristics include landforms, climate, soil & animal life �Human characteristics- ex. Activities, transportation, religion & language
How would you describe Pittsburgh as a PLACE? PLACE
Interaction Hilly, rivers, cool winters, warm summers 5 themes of Geography Tech, ed, med center, steeler nation, yinzers Region positives negatives
Adapt Interaction People change the environment Progress vs hidden costs
MAPS! � Several different types of maps � Each has “pros” and “cons”
� There are special purpose maps that show a variety of information POLITICAL MAPS
PHYSICAL MAPS � Topography
• Vegetation
• Natural resources
� Mountains- vary in elevation, 2000 ft+ � Hills- raised land lower than mts. � Plains- large areas of flat or gently rolling land � Plateaus-large Plateaus- areas of high, flat or rolling land � Others… desert, straight, loess, cataract
� Climate � Effected average weather a place has over 20 -30 yrs. by latitude and elevation � Can have a major effect on people’s lives. �Ex….
Culture- all the things that make up a people’s entire way of life � Many misunderstandings between people around the world because we don’t know enough about each other and our culture. � Some examples: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=haohj 1 s. Vnyk � US Military Blunder…COSTLY! http: //india. nydailynews. com/newsarticle/503 d 02 aaee 412 b 2 f 3 c 000001/pentagon-findssoldiers-burned-more-than-100 -korans � Culture and a Super Bowl Ring? ? ? http: //abcnews. go. com/GMA/video/vladimir-putin-super-bowl-ring-russian-leaderaccused-19418335
� GOVERNMENT � RELIGION � ECONOMY � EDUCATION � FAMILY
�Forms of Government �People form governments to provide for their common needs �Types: Democracy Republic Dictatorship Revolutionary Totalitarian Oligarchy Theocracy Monarchy Anarchy Parliamentary Presidential
� Types of Religions: �Monotheism �Polytheism � Major world religions: �Judaism �Christianity �Islam �Hinduism �Buddhism
� Economic Systems � Four types: Traditional: people produce what they need to survive, they produce the same thing in the same ways as generations before Market: individuals decide what is produced, how it is produced, and who uses the product Command: government controls the economy… what and how thing are made and who uses them __________________________ Mixed: Individuals make some economic decisions, the government makes others
�Through education people learn … �Language – important for communication and passing on traditions and beliefs �Arts & Literature- teach about a culture’s values and promote cultural unity and pride IA ld Wor ages, C u Lang Fact ld Wor v/l a. go he k i c o. Bo s: //www ations/t http /public h ry ibra d 098. 2 / s l d -wor ook/fiel b fact tml
� Family is the most impt. unit of social org. � Nuclear family- husband, wife, children � Extended family- several generations in one household Respect for elders is usually strong in extended families � Patrilineal- children belong to father’s side of family � Matrilineal- children belong to mother’s side of family � Bilateral ? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ � Types of marriages Monogamy Polygamy � Polygyny � Polyandry VIDEO- http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d 4 yjr. DSvze 0
�Social classes �Another unit of social organization �Ranks people in order of status �What can social class be based on? � Money � Occupation � Education � Race � Etc. �Open Class Systems vs. Closed System Class
� Norm- Norms refer to the expectations, or rules of behavior, that develop from our values. Ex. - eating 3 xs/day, going to school, bathing daily, using a phone, using electricity 1. Folkways sometimes known as 2. Mores norms of morality 3. Taboos- culture absolutely forbids them “conventions” or “customs, ” are standards of behavior that are socially approved but not morally significant
1. 2. 3. 4. Technology Inventions Environment Changes New Ideas- Social changes Diffusion: movement of customs and ideas from one place to another (and ADAPTATION)
DIFFUSION THEME OF GEOGRAPHY movement!!!!
� Ethnocentrism: judging other cultures by the standards of your own �Assuming your own culture to be the best � Stereotyping � Racism: belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another �Race is a cultural thing. It does not actually, physically exist � Frame of Reference
� What is the message of this cartoon?
� First people lived more than 2 mil years ago in Eastern Africa � “Stone Age” �Chipped rocks to shape tools & weapons �Controlled fire �Developed language �Nomads
� Agricultural �About Revolution 10, 000 yrs. Ago � 2 Major ADVANCES: Farm Domesticate animals �Where: Tigris-Euphrates River in Modern-day Iraq Southeast Asia? �Results: Tied to the earth � Permanent communities Could support more people
� All had: �Governments �Religions �Specialized skills and jobs �Social classes �Record keeping
�The Muslim World Expands � 1300– 1700 �A group of Turks called Ottomans set up a new empire in what is now modern Turkey Farther to the east, the Safavids arose in modern Iran, where rulers embraced a special type of Islam that made them different from their neighbors. Meanwhile, India saw the rise of the Mughal Empire as Muslims created a powerful state there.
�African Kingdoms �Mali �Mansa Musa �Timbuktu
�China �Mongols- nomads from Central Asia �Set up roads between china and the middle east- Silk Route �Paper, gunpowder
�Europe �Much less developed at this time �…but this begins to change. Emergence of Europe � 1300 s-1650 s Adopted foreign technologies Built on ancient learning Expands overseas
� 1700 s-1900 s Industrial Revolution Second Agricultural Revolution Imperialism Westernization Cold War
�Scars § of IMPERIALISM: Economic and Political instability
DEVELOPMENT �Technological Revolution Since WWII and even more so since the 70 s. So many changes in technology…REVOLUTION! Like industrial revolution- major effect on lives & societies. �Communication, Transportation & Space § What technological advancements have been made in this arena? § What have the effects of this been? § How is MOVEMENT involved here?
Healthcare o § What technological advancements have been made in this arena? § What have the effects of this been? § How is INTERACTION involved here?
Agriculture § What technological advancements have been made in this arena? § What have the effects of this been? § How is INTERACTION involved here?
� Is this GOOD? GOOD � Or is this BAD? BAD
are PROBLEMS associated with Development : �There �Population Explosion �Urbanization �Cultural Change
� Which problems of globalization do each of these illustrate?
�“Silent Spring”- Rachel Carson � http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=T_Njv 5 Ygg 0 g � Pesticides killed insects, but has domino effect on entire ecosystem & harms humans � Gave rise to ECOLOGY: the science of the interactions among organisms and their environment � Dangers to environment have many sources: �Deforestation � Desertification � Chemical � Species Wastes and disasters loss- http: //worldwildlife. org/species/directory? direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
WHICH ARE THESE EXAMPLES OF? � ______________________ � ____________
� Sustainable Development – "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. "
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- Body language across cultures respuestas
- How many cultures are there
- How are local cultures sustained
- High-context cultures emphasize nonverbal messages.
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- Motivation in different cultures
- Words from many cultures weslandia answers
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- Postfigurative cultures
- High restraint
- Georgia's prehistoric cultures chart
- Chapter 5 a clash of cultures
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- Melting pot america meaning
- Isolation of pure cultures
- Cultures of the mountains and the sea
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- Motivation across cultures
- Knorr cetina epistemic cultures
- Confrontation of cultures
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- Tandem language
- Schein’s three levels of culture
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