Culture, Lanforms & Locating Jamaica & the Caribbean

What is culture?

• A shared way of life

• a short well known expression

• The spread of ideas

• a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice

How does culture spread?

• Language

• Government and economy

• War, trade, colonization and immigration

What is a culture trait?

• Items that all social organizations have.

• Items that are specific to a group of people.

• Hair color

• Eye color

Three important pieces of any culture are?

• language, values, and religion

• economy, population, & writing

• natural resources, climate, & landforms

• technology, transportation, & economy

What do you call something passed down from generation to generation?

• Art

• tradition

• literature

• culture

A flat area or land.

• ocean

• island

• plain

• Peninsula

A low area between two hills. It often has a river running through it.

• valley

• island

• river

• ocean

A large landform that stretches above surrounding land usually in a peak.

• Lake

• mountain

• plain

• valley

Large level, or nearly level area of land at high elevation

• valley

• plain

• mountain

• plateau

What shows all the directions on a map?

• Map Title

• Compass Rose

• South

• Legend