Elements of Culture
The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a specific group such as religion, language, and relationships to family & others
What is culture?
This figure is the average number of people who live in measurable area, for example, 26.8 people per square mile.
What is population density?
What is a state?
Populous centers of business, culture, innovation, and change
The study of how goods and services are produced and distributed by a country?
What is economics?
A belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe
What is religion?
Factors that cause people to leave their homeland to migrate to another region
What are push factors?
A territory inhabited by a specific and unified group of people
What is a nation?
The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result
What is urbanization?
The production of goods and services are determined by the consumers
What is a market economy?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
What are monotheistic religions?
Climate, altitude, and access to water
What factors influence where people live?
What is communism?
Good transportation (lakes, rivers, & coastline), plentiful natural resources
Where are cities often located?
The total value of goods and services produced within a country?
What is gross domestic product (GDP)?
The importance of education and respect for the past, one's ancestors, parents, the government, and the emperor
What is Confucianism?
It's birth rate is greater than its mortality rate
How will a population most likely grow?
size, shape, and location
What geographic features are important in describing a country?
residential, commercial, and industrial
What are some basic land use patterns in cities?
Materials from the earth, such as trees, fish, or coal, that have economic value
What are natural resources?
Each group has a unique set of behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge about an area that it transits to its members.
Why might two groups living in the same area develop different cultures?
Landforms may restrict areas for living by being too rugged or inhospitable. A pleasant climate may attract more people.
How do landform and climate affect the distribution of population?
Formed to deal with problems that affect all members in a special area such as defense, environment, & trade
What reasons might countries want to form a political unit?
Retailing, wholesaling, government services, education, entertainment, and recreation
What are some basic functions of an urban area?
A region's systems for transporting its goods to market, communicating with other regions, & fueling its factories
What is infrastructure?