Human Geography: The Elements of Culture

What is culture?

• The acceptance or adoption of an innovation by a society

• The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group

• Speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes

• The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

How is an ethnic group defined?

• A specific group that shares language, customs, a common heritage, and an identity

• A group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture

• The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

• Using existing technology and resources to create something new

Why is innovation sometimes necessary?

• To change speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes

• To accept or adopt an innovation by a society

• To spread ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

• To create something new to meet a need

How does language both unite and divide?

• By spreading ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

• By accepting or adopting an innovation by a society

• By changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes

• By creating something new to meet a need

How have religions spread?

• Through the acceptance or adoption of an innovation by a society

• By changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes

• Through diffusion and converts

• By spreading ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

Which religions are monotheistic?

• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

• Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism

• Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism

Which religions are monotheistic?

• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

• Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism

• Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism

What forms do creative expressions take?

• Creating something new to meet a need

• Accepting or adopting an innovation by a society

• Spreading ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

• Performing arts, visual arts, and written arts