Geography

• 1. how people modify their landscape
• 2. spatial analysis ( look for patterns and variations over space
• 3. connections between people and their environment

• -human geography
• -physical geography
• -technical geography

• values
• gender roles
• religion and belief systems
• language
• material culture and technology

• Lingua Franca is the language used for international trade today
• -spanish
• -english
• -french
• -arabic
• -russian

Folk Culture:preserves tradition;usually located in rural areas, traditional culture, more popular in urban areas than rural.Ethnic Group: a group of people with a common ancestry and cultural traditionex: German American, African American, Mexican American.Global Culture: Cultural Homogeneity: the belief that as people migrate and ideas diffuse an overall similarity between culture groups will occur. ex mcdonalization/walmart