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

Fill in the Blank

REVIEW: the way of life of a group of people who share similar ways of thinking, believing, and living, expressed common elements, or features is known as what?

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

Fill in the Blank

what is one element of culture that we have talked about?