Vocabulary
What is Culture?
The way of life for a group of people or a particular nation
Does every country form a single culture region? Explain
No, culture regions often extend beyond national borders, since people in such a region are often united by something other than their citizenship.
What is Religion?
Religion is a system of beliefs and worship, including beliefs about the nature of a god or gods. Religion can help people answer questions about the meaning of life.
What is Cultural hearth?
A place where a specific culture or set of cultural traits originates
What is Technology?
Technology is the way people use tools and machinery.
What is Cultural Trait?
An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture. Cultural traits include; language, beliefs, laws, religion, food, clothing, etc.
What are some elements of the cultural landscape in the area where your school is located?
Personal Answer
Development- type (types of houses), neighborhoods (here in Scarsdale there are 5), industrial areas, and modes of transportation, and highways near urban or suburban areas are all part of the local cultural landscape.
What is Ethics?
Ethics are standards of acceptable behavior.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
The spread of cultural traits, beliefs, practices, and ideas from one culture to another.
What is Science?
Science is learning new information about the natural world.
What is Norm?
A behavior that is considered normal in a particular society
Besides religion and language, what else might people in the same cultural region share?
Similar ethnic background, etc
How does religion help shape a culture?
The beliefs and values of a religion can help shape how a culture develops and acts.
What is Diversity?
The presence of a variety of cultural traits within a culture or society.
Do you think technology might change culture in the future?
Technology makes everyday tasks easier. This could change the way cultures have done things for years, therefore impacting and changing traditions or practices.
What is Culture Region?
An area in which a single culture or cultural trait dominate. For example, in Canada, French Canadian culture dominates the province of Quebec
The United States is very special. We are made up of people from all over the world. How do you think this makes the country more or less likely to be a cultural region?
Personal Answer
Since there are so many languages, religions, and ethnic backgrounds in the United States, it is harder to define it as single cultural region
What is the predominant religion in the United States according to the map?
Christian
How is the Internet speeding up cultural diffusion?
People can quickly discover and adopt cultural traits from other parts of the world.
What does the Chinese government attempt to do by limiting Internet use?
Government officials want to limit information being spread and they don’t want citizens discussing the decisions that they have made.
What is Cultural Landscape?
The cultural landscape of a place reflects how it’s people meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.
Where does religion vary the most? Europe or Asia?
Asia
What Cultural Traits have you borrowed in the last few years?
Personal Answer
Ex: Sample: I have started to learn how to speak French and recently I have tried different types of Asian foods
How has the wheel been used over the centuries? Name one thing that would probably be impossible without the wheel.
The wheel has been used in chariots, covered wagons, bicycles, and automobiles, among other things.