Culture: World Cultures

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

• Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

• Culture Region

• Fine Arts

• Economy

People expressing themselves in a meaningful way.

• Fine Arts

• Government

• Customs and Traditions

• Language

Which continent see the least amount of cultural borrowing?

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

• Antarctica

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).

Rules that allow a society to live without chaos.

• Custom and Traditions

• Social Organization

• Religion

• Government

What is a culture trait?

• Items that all social organizations have.

• Hair color

• Items that are specific to a group of people.

• Eye color

Answers questions about life's meaning.

• Customs and traditions

• Religion

• Government

• Social Organizations

A form of a dialect that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation .

• Religion

• Government

• Social Organization

• Language

Ways a culture organizes its members into smaller groups

• Social Organization

• Government

• Languages

• Religion

How people and countries use their limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs.

• Government

• Fine Arts

• Economy

• Religion