1. Culture & Geography
Geography
… earth description

2.  Where are things located?
 Why are they there?
 What is their significance?
 What is a particular location or region like?
 How and why are some places on Earth
alike or different from others?

3. Physical features..
climates, landforms, natural vegetation
Human Attributes and their works…
Cities, towns, agriculture, transportation,
And industry

4. Culture
The total way of life that describes a group of
people…
Global diversity…
Cultural Components…

5. Cultural Components
 Religion | Language | Architecture | Cuisine |
Technology | Music
Dance | Sports | Medicine | Dress | Gender
roles | Law
Education | Government | Agriculture |
Economy | Sport | Grooming
Values | Work ethic | Etiquette | Courtship |
Recreation | Gestures ㅣ Movies

6. Cultural Communities
Language…
Religion…
Culturally Diverse World

10. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
culture region,
cultural landscape,
cultural diffusion,
cultural ecology,
cultural interaction.

11. Culture Region
A culture region
is a portion of Earth’s surface
that has common cultural elements.

18. Cultural Diffusion
Cultural diffusion concerns the spread of
culture
migration
communications
trade
commerce

22. Cultural Traits

23. Westernization
 Americanization
 Modernization
 Californification

24. Cultural Landscape
consists of material aspects of culture that
characterize Earth’s surface.

27. Cultural Ecology
 Cultural ecology addresses the relationships
between culture and the physical
environment.

28. Cultural interaction
 Cultural interaction focuses on the
relationships that often exist between
cultural components that characterize a
given community