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- a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry: religion, language, food
- What is an Ethnic Group?
- When people move from one region to another, American Pioneers, European Settlers who spread new ideas: like baseball and blue jeans, sneakers, music
- How does cultural diffusion happen?
- people who share similar culture: age, language, religion
- What are Cultural groups?
- having a variety of cultures in the same area
- What is Cultural Diversity?
- eating with chopsticks in China, Japan vs. eating with a fork in the U.S and Europe vs. eating with fingers in Africa
- What cultural traits change from place to place?
- cultures cooperate with one another (USA) to create an interesting mix of ideas, behaviors and practices.
- What is positive about cultural diversity?
- an area in which people have many cultural traits: religion, language, lifestyle, food, music, clothing, architecture.(arab world)
- What is a Cultural Region?
- the spread of cultural traits from one region to another: Americans brought baseball to Cuba and to Korea.
- What is Cultural diffusion?
- language, sports, start of school year, food
- What are some Cultural Traits?
- It is a region that in includes different countries
- What kind Cultural Region is Kurdish
- an activity or behavior in which people of the same culture take part
- What are Cultural Traits?
- language, religion, clothing, music, food, gov't, education,art.
- What are cultural features?
- Yes, Tanzania has over 100, India has many
- Do some countries have more than one ethnic group?
- It dominates an entire country (Japan)
- What kind of Cultural Region is Japan?
- innovation: new idea or way of doing something: telephone, movies, internet, motion pictures and contact with people from other cultures.
- What influences cultures to change?
- Spanish brought guns and horses to the Americas, Native Americans introduce potatoes and chocolate to Spanish, Chinese introduced Buddhism and written language to the Koreans and Japanese
- What are examples that have caused culture to change?
- some change quickly and some change slowly
- How do cultures change?
- It can lead to conflict such as war in (Rwanda, Iraq)
- What is negative about Cultural diversity?
- It is passed through generations taught by family: traditions, foods, holidays, laws and moral codes.
- How is culture developed?
- a way of life: the set of beliefs, values and practices that a group of people have in common.
- What is culture?
- a belief that one cultural group is better or superior to another cultural group
- What is Ethnocentrism?
- Yes, sports like soccer, basketball, some foods and some language.
- What cultural traits are sometimes shared by people around the world?
- immigrants
- Who develops or adopts new cultural traits?
- Spanish language, Roman Catholic and enviornment in which people herd animals.
- The Spanish acquisition of Central and South America resulted in the development of the following cultural traits:
- it is one country with many different cultural regions
- What kind of Cultural Region is Mexico