1. Good morning!!! Please find your test from the stack on the stool
We are going to go over the most missed questions
Test grades not finalized yet…still grading FRQs

2. What is culture?

3. Culture is… Learned, not biological
Transmitted within a society to next generations by imitation, tradition, and instruction

4. Culture provides… A general framework
Each individual learns and adheres to general rules
Also to specific sub groups—
Age, sex, status, occupation, nationality
Portrays the impact of culture on the landscape (CULTURAL LANDSCAPE)

5. Culture provides… Subcultures co-exist
Masculine/feminine, rural/urban, different ethnicities
Joined by common traditions, behavior, loyalties, beliefs, etc.
Christmas, going to church on Sunday

6. Cultural Variables—Micro vs. Macro
Cultural traits—most elementary expression of culture, the smallest distinctions
Behavior
Object
Beliefs
Attitudes
Macro
These “building blocks” = a culture complex

8. Components of Culture Art Architecture Language Music Film/TV Food
Clothing
Social Interaction
Religion
Land Use

9. Cultural Synthesis or Syncretism
Cultural Synthesis/Syncretism—blending together of two or more cultural influences
Ex—country music-tied to folk music, influenced by Scotch-Irish settlers, German settlers, all African immigrants who lived in the Southern US
How has country music experienced syncretism?

11. Identifying Culture—Culture Complex
Macro cultural complex—individual cultural traits that are functionally interrelated
Maasai of Kenya—cultural traits centered in cattle
Soccer, futbol—Europe, Latin America
Football—Southern U.S.

12. Culture Region
Portion of the Earth’s surface occupied by populations sharing recognizable distinctive cultural characteristics (seeing culture on a map)
Political organizations/boundaries
Language
Land Use
Religions
Economy type

13. Cultural Realm
A set of cultural regions showing related cultural complexes and landscapes
Large region that has assumed fundamental uniformity in its cultural characteristics and showing significant differences from surrounding realms

14. Cultural Sphere
Zone of outer influence for a culture region