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CULTURE
CH 4.1
WHAT IS CULTURE?
Total knowledge,
attitude and
behaviors shared by
and passed on by
members of a
specific group.
CULTURES IS…
 Food
 Traditions
 Shelter
 religion/values
 Architecture
 Days
of
Celebration
 Relationship
with family
 Education
 Security/
protection
 History
 Writing system
 Political Structure
 Economy
 Language
GROUPS WITHIN A CULTURE
1.
2.
Society: A group that shares a
geographic region and a sense
of identity
Ethnic Group: Specific group
that shares a common
language, customs, and
heritage.
CULTURAL CHANGE
HAPPENS THOUGH…
1.
Innovation: Taking current
technology & improving it to
create something new.
CULTURAL CHANGE
HAPPENS THOUGH…
2.
Diffusion: Spread of ideas,
inventions, or patterns of
behavior
CULTURAL CHANGE
HAPPENS THOUGH…
3.
Acculturation:
society changes
because it accepts
an innovation
LANGUAGE
This is one of the most important
aspects of culture because it
allows people within the
culture to communicate.
Language helps establish a
cultural identity and builds a
sense of unity.
LANGUAGE
1.
Dialect: speech patterns
related to a class or region.
2.
Diffusion: languages may
follow trade routes, through
migration or even be invented.
RELIGION
Beliefs in a supernatural power or
powers that are regarded as
creators and maintainers of
the universe.
TYPES OF RELIGION
1.
Monotheistic: belief in one god
TYPES OF RELIGION
2.
Polytheistic: belief in many
gods
3.
Animistic: belief in divine
forces in nature
MONOTHEISM
Judaism (Jews)
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Oldest monotheistic religion
(3,200+ years ago)
Holy Book= Torah & Old
Testament of the Bible
Holy City= Jerusalem
MONOTHEISM
Christianity (Christians)
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Evolves from Judaism (2000
years ago)
Based on teachings of Jesus
Holy Book= Bible (Old & New
Testament)
Holy City= Jerusalem
MONOTHEISM
Islam (Muslims)
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Begins 613 AD w/ Muhammad’s
teachings
Worships Allah (God)
Close ties with Judaism &
Christianity
Holy Book= Quran (Koran)
Holy City= Mecca, Medina &
Jerusalem
POLYTHEISM
Hinduism
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Oldest religion (5000 years ago)
Began in India
May believe in one god or many
gods that represent Brahman
Caste system- organizes society
by classes
CULTURAL HEARTH
Area where civilization begangoing from hunting and
gathering to a farming
civilization.
CULTURAL HEARTH
Egypt- Nile River Valley
Mesopotamia- Tigris &
Euphrates River Valley
(Fertile Crescent)
India- Indus River Valley
China- Yellow River Valley
CULTURAL HEARTH