World Regions & Culture Different Cultures: One World, Many People

What is a Region? United Kingdom Amazon North Pole Chiapas An area with common features that set it apart from other areas. United Kingdom Regions: Different Types of Regions: Physical Regions: (Continents, Amazon, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Long Island) Climate Regions: (North Pole, Sahara Desert, Himalayas, Andes Mountains) Cultural Regions: (Latin America, Chiapas – Mayan Indian, Cherokee Nation) Political Regions: (U.S.A., United Kingdom, Egypt, Greece, Italy) Other Regions: (Military: NATO, Religion: Islam, Christian, Judaism) Amazon North Pole Chiapas

What is Culture? All the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions (family, government, religion, etc) of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society” A statue in Bangalore, India depicting Siva meditating.

What is a Custom? Customs are codes of manners, dress, language, religion, and rituals (Something done over and over, day after day or year after year)

The American Dream A belief held by many in the United States, that through hard work, courage, and freedom to live as one chooses, regardless of a person’s place in American society, a person can gain a better life. Came from European settlers (Puritans) 1620, who believed America was a “Shinning City on the Hill” and passed down, generation to generation.

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