b.Class Notes #8

Comment: I actually did better than I thought I had done on the pop quiz. I didn't fail it.

Regions of Culture

• Culture is the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.
• Origin of word culture (lat. cultus: "to care for").
• Additional meaning: "to care about".
• Geographers study both definitions of culture.
• What people care about.
• Geographers study why the customary ideas, beliefs, and values of people produce a distinctive culture in a particular place.
• Especially important cultural values derive from a group's language, religion, and ethnicity.
• What people take care of.
• The second element of culture of interest is the production of material wealth, such as food, clothing, and shelter that humans need in order to survive and thrive.
• Scale is the relationship is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.