Cross Cultural Awareness

What is Culture?

• The people who came from different countries to live the United States.

• The place where people spends most of their time.

• The shared ideas of people all over the

  world.

• The shared characteristics and behaviors of people living in a cultural region.

Why is culture important?

• It helps us invent new things.

• It Link us to our ancestors and also makes us who we are today.

• It tells us where to live.

• It helps us to become famous authors.

One of the following is not an important quality to be a good public Speaker?

• Intonations

• body language

• Great selection of strong words

• changing position

lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular.

• ignorant
• juxtaposition
• deliberately
• oblong

Every civilization/society/culture has basic institutions such as 

• government, education, & economies
• internet, smart phones, & wifi
• food, shelter, comfort
• geography, government, history

Elements of culture shared by a culture; ex: holidays, language, special foods, & religion

• culture trait
• culture region
• multicultural
• globalization

areas that share culture traits in an area of the world; Ex: Latin America

• culture region
• culture trait
• multicultural
• culture

anything or everything about a group of people

• culture
• history
• economy
• government

Reflection

• The sun shining off water
• Thinking back on what happened
• A time to listen to others.
  The emotions that show on a person's face

Paraphrase 

• In your own words, saying what you read or hear
• A small part of the thoughts a person has
• A way to pair up with another student