Culture

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

• Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

• Culture Region

• Fine Arts

• Economy

How does culture spread?

• Language

• Government and economy

• War, trade, colonization and immigration

What happens when a culture is isolated from other cultures?

• Changes in lifestyle occur quickly.

• There is a plethora of technology.

• Changes in lifestyle occur slowly.

• There is a large foreign born population (immigrants).

What is a culture trait?

• Items that all social organizations have

• Hair color

• Items that are specific to a group of people

• Eye color

All of the following are basic elements that make up a culture EXCEPT....

• Literature

• Animals

• Beliefs

• Art

Sam speaks Spanish in his house. Which element of culture does this fall under?

• beliefs

• culture

• language

• literature

What do you call something passed down from generation to generation?

• Art
• Literature
• Tradition
• Culture

Lisa's mom and grandmother used to bake a special banana bread together. Now Lisa and her mom bake the same special banana bread together. Of what is this an example?

• Tradition

• Custom

• Belief

• Culture

The way people eat in their country such as with forks, chopsticks or fingers is an example of:

• cultural trait
• ethnic group
• cultural diffusion
• cultural region

People can share

• beliefs.

• values.

• behaviors.

• all of the above