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Defining Culture

Defining Culture. • Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors shared over generations is culture • Society is a group that shares geographic region, identity, culture • An ethnic group shares language, customs, common heritage. NEXT. Importance of Language. • Enables people to communicate

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Defining Culture

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  1. Defining Culture • Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors shared over generations is culture • Societyis a group that shares geographic region, identity, culture • An ethnic groupshares language, customs, common heritage NEXT

  2. Importance of Language • Enables people to communicate • Helps establish cultural identity, unity • Between 3,000 & 6,500 languages spoken worldwide • Dialect—a version of a language Religion Belief Systems • Religion-belief in supernatural power that made the universe • Monotheistic - faiths believe in one god • Polytheistic-Belief in many gods • Traditional - faiths believe in divine forces of nature

  3. Worldwide Population Growth Population Distribution • 2/3 of world’s population lives between 20°N and 60°N latitude • Population densityis the average number of people living in an area Continued . . . NEXT

  4. Types of Government • Democracy, citizens hold political power • Monarchy Political power held by a king or queen • Dictatorship a group or individual holds all political power • Communismpolitical, economic power held by government in people’s name Geographic Characteristics of Nations • Size, Shape, Location • Landlock – no direct outlet to the sea, slows shipping • Boundaries • Natural Boundaries – Rivers, Mountains, Lakes • Artifical Boundaries – Fixed imaginary lines NEXT

  5. Economic Systems • Economy—the production and exchange of goods and services Types of Economic Systems - traditional, or barter, economy - command, government plans the economy - market economy, capitalism, production based off of demand - mixed economy, a combination of command and market, consumers demand and government regulates Economic Activities - Industrial, Agricultural, Service Natural Resources • Natural Resources—Earth’s materials that have economic value • Three types of natural resources: - renewable resources (trees) can be replaced naturally - nonrenewable resources (metals, oil, coal) cannot be replaced - inexhaustible resources (sun, wind) are unlimited resources

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