Culture, Customs, And Cultural Diffusion

Culture, Customs, and Cultural Diffusion Intro to Global 9

What is Culture
The way in which a group
of people live, including
their customs, traditions,
values, religion, art,
music, government, and
economy

What factors influence culture?
Geographic conditions
Isolation
Core values and beliefs
Discovery, invention, and
technology

What are customs?
Rules of behavior, or
norms that affect a
peoples ordinary way
of doing things
For example, eating
habit or dress

What is cultural diffusion?
The borrowing or sharing
of ideas from one culture
to another
Human interaction around
the world often leads to
cultural diffusion

How are ideas exchanged?
Assimilation – absorbing another culture
Ethnocentrism – the belief that one culture is superior to others
Trade – the exchange of goods requires interaction from people of different origins
Technology – rapid exchange of ideas from around the world can now take place on a daily basis

Culture, Customs, And Cultural Diffusion

by rhalter

Accessibility

Categories

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 16

Statistics

Culture, Customs, And Cultural Diffusion Presentation Transcript

http://www.slideshare.net	14
http://translate.googleusercontent.com	2