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World Regions & Culture

World Regions & Culture. Different Cultures: One World, Many People. AIM: How do we define a Region, Culture, and a Custom? Do Now: Vocabulary Quiz. What is a Region?. United Kingdom. Regions:. Different Types of Regions:

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World Regions & Culture

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  1. World Regions & Culture Different Cultures: One World, Many People AIM: How do we define a Region, Culture, and a Custom? Do Now: Vocabulary Quiz

  2. What is a Region? United Kingdom Regions: • Different Types of Regions: • Physical Regions: (Continents, Amazon, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Long Island) • Climate Regions: (North Pole, Sahara Desert, Himalayas, Andes Mountains) • Cultural Regions: (Latin America, Chiapas – Mayan Indian, Cherokee Nation) • Political Regions: (U.S.A., United Kingdom, Egypt, Greece, Italy) • Other Regions: (Military: NATO, Religion: Islam, Christian, Judaism) An area with common features that set it apart from other areas. Amazon North Pole Chiapas

  3. What is Culture? All the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions (family, government, religion, etc) of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society” A statue in Bangalore, India depicting Siva meditating.

  4. What is a Custom? Customs are codes of manners, dress, language, religion, and rituals (Something done over and over, day after day or year after year)

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