HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

RAC ASU =CAR =USA

PARTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Cultural Geography Economic Geography Political Geography Urban Geography Population Geography

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

ELEMENTS OF CULTURE Religion Government system Economic system Language Art Clothing Foods

WHAT IS CULTURE? The shared way of life of a large group of people -Passed down to each generation - Customs -Ties us to one group, separates us from others Culture regions- division of he Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems, and values

CULTURAL HEARTH A Center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

RELIGION Plays a HUGE role in culture -Dress, foods, social relations, form of gov’t., laws, world view Not just a belief, but a way of life

SECULAR NOT Anti-Religious, Simply Means without Religious Influence (example: US Government)

LANGUAGE Allows a cultural group to communicate with each other -To pass on their culture -Unifies the group -Creates a cultural identity

CULTURAL CHANGE

CULTURAL DIFFUSION The spread of ideas from one culture to another who then adopts them -Through TV, radio, internet, travel, migration, war, trade

INNOVATION Taking existing elements of society and create something new to meet a need.

ACCULTURATION When a society adopts only SOME elements of another culture -They still highly value their own culture

ASSIMILATION -They give up their original culture When a society adopts ALL parts of another culture -They give up their original culture

GLOBALIZATION The blending of cultures all over the world elements -Creates a global set of cultural elements

TRADITIONALISM Protecting a culture from outside influences Does not want to change -Opposite of globalization

RURAL vs URBAN SUMATRA (an island in the country of Indonesia) is approximately 80% RURAL SINGAPORE (city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula) is considered to be 100% URBAN

Sumatra (RURAL) Singapore (URBAN)