World Regions & Culture

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World Regions & Culture Different Cultures: One World, Many People AIM: How do we define a Region, Culture, and a Custom? Do Now: Vocabulary Quiz

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World Regions & CultureDifferent Cultures: One World, Many People

AIM: How do we define a Region, Culture, and a Custom?

Do Now: Vocabulary Quiz

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What is a Region? An area with common features that set it apart from other areas.Different Types of Regions:

• Physical Regions: (Continents, Amazon, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Long Island)

• Climate Regions: (North Pole, Sahara Desert, Himalayas, Andes Mountains)

• Cultural Regions: (Latin America, Chiapas – Mayan Indian, Cherokee Nation)

• Political Regions: (U.S.A., United Kingdom, Egypt, Greece, Italy)

• Other Regions: (Military: NATO, Religion: Islam, Christian, Judaism)

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What is Culture? All the ways of life

including arts, beliefs and institutions (family, government, religion, etc) of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.

Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society”

A statue in Bangalore, India depicting Siva meditating.

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Customs are codes of manners, dress, language, religion, and rituals (Something done over and over, day after day or year after year)

What is a Custom?

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