Expressions of Culture
What do different people share in common inside a culture region area?
Cultural Characteristics
What is cultural diffusion?
When culture is shared or spread around the world.
What is a market economy?
An economy where shoppers choose what they want to buy and consume, sold by many different companies and producers.
France
Paris
Name 2 types of expressions of culture
Dance, Music, Visual Arts, or Food
What is a refugee?
People forced to flee their countries, due to wars, famines, or other problems.
What are natural resources?
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Costa Rica
San José
Name 3 cultural regions of the world.
Latin America, North America, Europe, East Asia, Middle East, Russia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Oceania, or Southeast Asia.
Give an example of a pull factor
Positive factors that make people want to move to a different place. For example a good job offer, or getting to study abroad.
How many types of economic activities are there?
A) 1 type
B) 4 types
C) 3 types
D) 6 types
C) 3 types
Iceland
Reykjavík
Are cultural regions only as big as continents? (Yes or no, and why?)
No! Because cultural regions only need to have a unique characteristic that unites a community that can be as small as a neighbourhood.
What is a culture hearth?
They are the places in the world where culture started to be created and developed.
Are resources important in economic activities? (Yes or No)
Yes!
Palau
Ngerulmud
Which cultural region of the world is characterized by having scarce water resources and strong Islamic traditions?
The Middle East! (or North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia)
Provide a real life example of cultural convergence
A situation where two different cultures started to mix together and become alike or turn into a new culture.
For example: A factory worker in Nigeria uses English to make international business trades.
Why would a country want to improve their economic activity? (Explain)
Because by improving the trade of resources, there will be an improvement of the quality of life of the people in the country!
South Africa
Cape Town, Pretoria, or Bloemfontein