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Title: Understanding Culture


1
Understanding Culture
  • Ch. 3 Section 1

2
What is Culture?
  • Culture the way of life of people who share
    similar beliefs and customs.
  • Scientist look at 8 groups of a society to
    categorize culture.

3
8 traits of a culture
  • Social groups Economy
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Daily life
  • History
  • Arts
  • Government

4
Social Groups
  • Scientist look at ethnic groups a group of
    people who share a common history, language,
    religion and some physical characteristic.

5
Language
  • Dialect- a local form of a language that differs
    from the same language in other areas.
  • Do you know different types of dialect in the US?
    (Pop vs. Coke vs. Soda)

6
Types of Government
  • Democracy-power with the people (USA)
  • Dictatorship- dictator makes all laws (Hitler)
  • Monarchy- kings or queens born into royalty
    (England)

7
Where did it go?
  • Cultural diffusion the process of spreading new
    knowledge and skills to other countries.
  • What have we given to other countries?
  • What have others given to us?

8
Pre Historic Times
  • 4 main civilizations (highly developed cultures)
    were present in ancient times in these areas.
  • 1. Iraq
  • 2. Egypt
  • 3. India
  • 4. China

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