Chapter Four, Section One
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This document provides an overview of the content covered in Chapter Four of a human geography textbook. The chapter covers the elements of culture, including language, religion, and other cultural aspects. It also discusses population geography, political geography, urban geography, and economic geography. Students will complete assessments online, worksheets, and a project where they research and present on a language. The first section defines culture and discusses factors that shape cultural groups. It also defines the concepts of ethnic groups, culture change, diffusion, and acculturation.
Chapter Four, Section One
- 1. Chapter Four: Human Geography People and Places Is this culture?
- 2. Chapter Four Overview Sections Covered: 1 - The Elements of Culture 2 - Population Geography 3 - Political Geography 4 - Urban Geography 5 - Economic Geography
- 3. Chapter Four Assessments On-line class blog Book work Take home homework: worksheets Project: Students will research a language that he/she has always wanted to study and give an informative presentation to the class. What other ideas do you have?
- 4. Section: The Elements of Culture What is culture? The total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. Factors involved with culture: -food and shelter -religion -relationships to family -language -education -security/protection -political and social organization -creative expression
- 5. SECTION ONE A group that shares a sense of identity and culture is a society Ethnic Group refers to a group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage --Can you name some ethnic groups in the United States? In Europe? In Africa? In Asia? --Are there any comforts in “labeling” ethnicities? Any discomforts?
- 6. SECTION ONE Culture Change and Exchange Innovation - taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need Examples? Diffusion - spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior Where might diffusion explode? Where might it happen less frequently? Acculturation - a society or individual changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation Do innovations = acculturation? To what extent should acculturation occur?
- 7. SECTION ONE Aspects of Culture Language -reflects all aspects of culture, including the physical area -example: KORITE, a Senegalese term? -language helps establish a cultural identity; builds group identity, sense of unity -3,000 to 6,500 languages spoken across world today -versions of a language are called dialects -language diffusion exists…Swahili - developed as trade language between Arabic traders and Bantu-speaking African tribes…exists through migration - colonialism LOOK at map and diagram on page 74
- 8. SECTION ONE 2) Religion -consists of a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe…is this an adequate definition? -monotheistic: belief in one god -polytheistic: belief in many gods -animistic: belief in divine forces in nature -spread of religions: through converts, conquerors, none…
- 10. Major Religions Judaism: concentrated in Israel, oldest of Southwest Asian religions, people called Jews, established 3,200 years ago, basic laws in TORAH, monotheistic Christianity: evolved 2,000 years ago from Judaism, monotheistic, based on teachings of Jesus Christ, teachings in BIBLE, recorded in Old and New testament, spread by Paul, three major groups: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox Islam: based on teachings of Prophet Muhammad around 613 AD, people called Muslims, monotheistic, God called Allah, Qur’an, groups: Sunni, Shiite Hinduism: one of oldest religions, 5,000 years old, ethnic religion concentrated in India, generally polytheistic, one divine spirit - Brahman, caste system Buddhism: offshoot of Hinduism, 563 BC in India near Nepal, founder - Siddhartha Gautama, rejects caste system, goal to reach nirvana or enlightened spiritual state, Asia, China, Japan, Korea, several branches - Theravada, Mahayana, Lamaism, Zen Other Asian Practices: Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto
- 11. SECTION ONE Use map on page 76, what patterns do we see? Where are the largest areas of Traditional religions? Where do most Hindus practice and live? Is there a Jewish population in the Southern hemisphere?
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