7th Grade

Here are the notes I promised for Section 4-1. I did not post them because I did not get to discuss them in Core 3 yesterday. I like to talk through the notes before I post them so there is some connection and meaning to them, none the less here they are. What I will do is expect sections 1 & 2 in your notebook when we meet again on Wednesday of next week. That will give you 7 days to get the notes into your notebook.

Mr. Clark

Cultures of the World
Chapter 4
Sections 1 & 2

Understanding Cultures
Culture- people’s way of life including, their beliefs, customs, and practices.
Elements of Culture
Parents pass culture to their children and so on and so on.
Cultural traits are the way a people do things. These can change with time.
Language, spiritual beliefs, material things, right and wrong, and government
People and their land
To study culture, geographers look at Human-Environmental Interaction.
Environment does not always dictate culture.
Culture can have a big impact on environment.
Cultural Landscape- parts of a people’s environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it.
Development of Culture
4 major advances in technology-
Invention of tools millions of years ago
Control of fire
Development of farming
Development of civilization
Civilization- advanced cultures with cities and system of writing
Agricultural Revolution- when people began to rely mostly on farming for their food.
Irrigation is a major factor in this revolution
Full time farming allowed people to grow more than they need and build up surpluses of food. This allowed others to specialize as well outside of farming.
Led to the development of trading.
Industrial Revolution- 200 years ago people developed power-driven machines to make things
Development of Institutions
Institutions- customs and organizations with social, educational, and religious purposes.
After Agro. Revolution more complex institutions needed to be developed
Extended families, political institutions
As cities grew other institutions were needed
Organized religion
Armies for protection
Governments
Schools
Today we have new types of institutions
Sports clubs
Universities
Corporations
Institutions are an important part of our culture