1. Human Geography Vocab Odd One Out
Unit 4

2. Language Family X

3. X
Cultural Region

4. Cultural Hearth X

5. X
Cultural Diffusion

6. Pandemic X

7. X
Outsourcing

8. Standard of Living X

9. X
Connectivity

10. Globalization X

11. Make sure your vocab sheet is filled out

12. Spiral Entry: On Page 80 In the Text Book
Among a group of people (football team, band members, co-workers, class room full of students), describe what would make up a good “culture” for that group?
On Page 80
In the Text Book

13. Culture
This is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs.
Pick a partner to come up with as many things a certain group would need to have in common to have their own “Culture”

14. Examples? Which one is the most important? Language Age group Religion
Gender
Society groups
Education level
Favorite sports team
Military experience
Where they live
Occupation
Government / political views

15. Language
Language Families: group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language
What do you think are the top 3 languages spoken in the world?

17. World Language Families

18. World Language Family Tree
All languages evolved from an original language

19. Religion
How could religion be used to classify a culture?

20. Religion
Patterns???

21. Religion
How important is religion when identifying cultures?

22. Ethnic Groups
Groups of people who share common *ancestry, *language, *religion, *customs, or *place of origin
Pick a different partner, and come up with as many Ethnic Groups as you can.

23. Ethnic Groups What did you come up with?

24. All of this could make up a “Culture Region”
Geographers divide the Earth into specific areas (culture regions) to organize their understanding of cultural development
Many characteristics/traits go into what makes each culture region what it is
History, government, and economies are also included
Also: food, housing, clothing, art forms, etc.

26. What water feature do most culture hearths have in common?
Cultural Hearths
Early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas
**Where a culture originated
What water feature do most culture hearths have in common?

27. a major role in Globalization/Connectivity?
Cultural Change
Globalization – process by which countries of the world have experienced greater connectivity, or the degree of connection between people, places, and things.
Economics
Politics
Culture
Trade
Communications
What has played
a major role in Globalization/Connectivity?

28. Benefits of globalization?
Standard of Living – the level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people to live
Prices of goods
Innovation
New technologies
Governments working together
Access to foreign culture

29. Challenges of globalization?
Outsourcing – setting up business abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale
Gap between rich and poor (loans)
Loss of culture (westernization)
Pandemics – the spread of disease across a large area or even the world
Environmental degradation

30. Create your own Culture Include all of this info in written form as well as illustrated
What language is spoken?
What language did this derive from?
What religion(s) do most of the people practice?
What would be the name of their “Ethnic Group”?
Where would the culture’s “Region” be?
Where would this culture’s “hearth” be?
How would globalization help this culture?
How would globalization hurt this culture?