Culture Review

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

• Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

• Culture Region

• Fine Arts

• Economy

How does culture spread?

• Language

• Government and economy

• War, trade, colonization and immigration

What happens when a culture is isolated from other cultures?

• Changes in lifestyle occur quickly.

• There is a plethora of technology.

• Changes in lifestyle occur slowly.

• There is a large foreign born population (immigrants).

What is culture? 

• A shared way of life
• The spread of ideas
• a short well known expression 
• a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice 

People's occupations, their behaviors, and their beliefs are all part of their

• Government
• Culture
• Climate
• Technology

Which best describes traditions as a cultural trait?

• The types of food you eat and where you get it.

• Tools that make life easier.

• Customs, holidays, celebrations, or activities your family does every year.

Which best describes food as a cultural trait?

• Things you eat, when and how you eat, or where/how you get your food.

• Customs, holidays, and celebrations.

• The ways that people communicate with each other and with their culture.

Which best describes language as a cultural trait?

• The type of technology we have.

• How people communicate with each other.

• Your values or what is important to you.

The way people eat in their country such as with forks, chopsticks or fingers is an example of:

• cultural trait
• ethnic group
• cultural diffusion
• cultural region

People can share 

• beliefs
• values
• behaviors
• all of the above