Geography Ch.4: The Human World

Geography Ch.4: The Human World

Open Ended

​Essential Question: ​How do the characteristics and distribution of human populations affect human and physical systems?

In this chapter, you will be learning about how people are effected by their geographical location

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​https://youtu.be/4y2nndDs8m4 - What is Human Geography Crash Course Video

Open Ended

Working with your elbow partner, identify some potential ways that the environment of a place might affect the way of life for the people that live there. Write your answers below!

​Role of Geographers...

They examine where people live, why they settle there, and how they use natural resources.

Lesson 1: ​Global Cultures

Multiple Select

What are some elements of culture? 

• language

• religion

• social system

• government

• economy

​Culture

• the way of life of a group of people who share similar ways of thinking, believing, and living, expressed common elements, or features.

Language​

​Language

• ​key element in culture's development

• ​way to communicate

• dialects - different branches of a language specific to a region

  • ​ex. American English vs. British English

​Religion

• Provides a sense of identity​

• ​influences daily life

• ​religion has shaped cultural expressions

  • ​ex. literature, art, music, architecture

    • ​ex. Western Europe and Christianity

​Social System

• helps members of culture meet basic needs of people

• ​some cultures have social classes

• ​cultures can be made up of different ethnic groups

  • ​ethnic group- people who share a common language, history, or place of origin

Government

• ​necessary to try and maintain order, provide protection etc. (doesn't always work)

• ​categorized by levels of power

  • ​local, federal, regional

• ​categorized by type of authority

  • ​single ruler, many rulers, representatives

​Economic Activities

• influence peoples way of life

• ​people have to make money some way

• ​looks at how a culture utilizes their resources to meet the needs of its people

• ​looks at how people produce, use, obtain, and sell goods and services

Open Ended

what are two major ways that cultures change over time? 

​Cultural Change

• Internal factors

  • new ideas, ways of living, ​and inventions

• ​Spatial interaction

  • ​trade, wars, migration etc.

• ​Cultural Diffusion

  • ​the spread of knowledge from one culture to another

​Cultural Change in History

• Culture Hearths

  • ​early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas

• ​Agricultural Revolution

  • ​food gathering to food production

• ​Industrial Revolution

  • ​using machines in factories to mass produce goods

Cultural Change in Contemporary World​

Information Revolution

• ​computers and the internet

  • contributes to the rapid spread of information and communication

  • ​spread ideas and traditions to different cultures in the world

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Cultural Change in Contemporary World​

​Migration

• ​fosters cultural diffusion

• ​people migrate for many reasons, both positive and negative

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Multiple Select

Why would people migrate?

• better social & economic opportunities

• political freedoms

• war

• persecution

• famine