1. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

2. RAC ASU
=CAR =USA

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

4. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

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

6. 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

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

8. 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

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

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

11. CULTURAL CHANGE

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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

20. Sumatra (RURAL) Singapore (URBAN)