Transcript Culture & Spatial Diffusion

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Sept. 21 Warm-Up
1. Write this in your notebook:
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answer the focus question at the top
of the culture & Spatial diffusion
notes sheet.
Human Geography analogy
“the little girl”
Political – the way a society thinks/operates
the government.
Types of Political Systems:
1.Democracy
2.Monarchy
3.Communism
4.Dictatorship
Social –
Examples:
Economic – the way a society
supports itself (makes money).
Types of Economic Systems:
1.Free Enterprise
2.Communist
Urbanization –
Factors Affecting
Urbanization:
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Culture/Spatial
Diffusion
Lesson #15
September 21, 2010
Religion
Culture:
Clothing
Culture is the knowledge, attitudes, &
behaviors shared by & passed on by a group.
Language
HOLa!
BONJOUR!
NI HaO!
Music
Food
Characteristics of Culture
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Food
Clothing
Language
Religion
Music
Entertainment
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Record an example of your
culture for each of the
elements of culture to the
left.
Mrs. Manges’ Culture
Food: Pasta, Seafood, Mexican
Clothing: Jeans and T-shirts
Language: English
Religion: Christian
Music: Rock, Country
World Religions
Major Religions:
 Hinduism
 Islam
 Christianity
 Buddhism
 Confucianism
World Religions
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Which religions will have
the most influence on
the majority of the
World’s cultures?
Christianity
 Islam
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Spatial Diffusion
 Spatial Diffusion is the spread of ideas,
inventions, or patterns of behavior.
Spatial Diffusion
• List examples of how people around the world are exposed to
different ideas, inventions or patterns of behavior.
• Travel
• TV
• Radio
• Books
• Internet
World Religions
Which religion has diffused
to every livable continent?
How did this happen?
Religion and Spatial Diffusion
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How did the spread of religions change the culture of the
regions that they spread to?
Spatial Diffusion
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Physical & cultural features can often act a barrier
or an aid to spatial diffusion.
1. Rivers – serve as transportation
routes.
Large ships importing &
exporting goods in the
Houston Ship Channel.
2. Plains – flat land allows for easy travel
3. Harbors – allow transportation and trade between
foreign countries
Man-made Harbors
 Natural Harbors
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Other Examples that aID Spatial Diffusion
4. War – Countries force their culture on conquered nations.
5. Migration – People bring their culture with them when
they move.
6. Trade – Economic goods & culture are exchanged by the
world’s market economies.
1. Deserts – harsh travel
2. Mountains – block travel.
3. Ocean – too big to travel across
Task: Give two examples
of technology that allow
people to overcome these
3 barriers to diffusion.
4. Religion – Religious beliefs restrict the adoption of other
cultures.
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Things that aID diffusion:
Rivers
Plains
Harbors
War
Migration
Trade
Inventions
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Barriers to diffusion:
Deserts
Mountains
Oceans
Religion
Globalization
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Globalization
when a product or idea
is accepted and
adopted worldwide.
How does globalization
affect the different
cultures of the world?
Human Geography analogy
“the little girl”
Political – the way a society thinks/operates
the government.
Types of Political Systems:
1.Democracy
2.Monarchy
3.Communism
4.Dictatorship
Social – the beliefs/traditions
of a society.
Examples:
Language
Religion
Clothing
Food
Music
Economic – the way a society
supports itself (makes money).
Types of Economic Systems:
1.Free Enterprise
2.Communist
Urbanization –
Factors Affecting
Urbanization:
1.