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| simply a way life; it is the reason behind people's beliefs and behaviors |
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| the site of an innovation from which basic ideas, materials, technology originate and then diffuse to many cultures. Or, in other words, it is the birthplace of a civilization, a mother culture. |
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| Characteristics of Culture |
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1. learned
2. uniform
3. constantly changing |
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| Cultures constantly change because... |
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1. Innovation
2. Culture Diffusion
3. Acculturation |
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new way of doing things
ex: texting |
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when innovations/other cultural traits spread to a new region
ex: blue jeans |
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occurs when one culture changes a great deal through the meeting of another culture
ex: Spanish bringing cattle/horses over to America |
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1. People
2. Land
3. Language
4. Institutions and beliefs
5. Technology |
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ethno - cultural group centric - the center
person that believes his/her culture is the best or better than others ~ bad = extreme, good = establishes self-pride
ex: Hitler&Nazis |
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commonly held opinion of a person or group (often a composite of traits)/generalizations about an entire group
ex: Latins play soccer. |
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personal, distorted judgment that influences objective perception
ex: Teacher favors Asians over white people |
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fear of foreigners of things foreign
ex: immigrants from Europe; disease from Mexico |
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feeling of pride and loyalty to one's country
ex: Americans |
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| Which continent has the most cultural hearths? |
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| How many cultural hearths are completely within the western hemisphere? |
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| What is the cultural hearth of North America? What countries presently occupy the area? |
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| Mesoamerica - Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras |
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| Which three continents have no cultural hearths? Why do you think? |
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| Australia, Antarctica, Europe - too cold |
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| What is the most common physical feature that cultural hearths develop near? |
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| List four reasons/advantages that cultural hearths would develop from being near water. |
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a. irrigation
b. food source
c. water/survive
d. transportation |
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| What causes cultural diffusion to happen more rapidly in some areas than in others? |
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| the ease of travel between the 2 areas |
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| Give a positive and negative example that comes when a culture changes rapidly through innovation. |
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US culture: adopt cars - positive
cause pollution - negative |
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| What benefit would the Andean American civilization have from the mountains? |
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| Why would writing be an important development in a cultural hearth? |
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| record keeping and communication |
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| List 2 ways that language can be diffused. |
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