CULTURES AND CULTURAL HEARTHS

1. CULTURES AND CULTURAL HEARTHS

2. Popular Culture vs. Folk Culture • Folk Culture – traditionally practiced by a small rural group living in relative isolation. • Popular Culture – found in a large society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics.

3. Pop Culture or Folk Culture

4. Taboo vs. Habit • Taboo – a restriction on behavior imposed by social custom. • Habit – repetitive act performed by an individual. • How do things become a tradition? - Tradition = Customs - Group of people repeat the same acts

5. Cultural Landscapes • describe those places and landscapes that have been shaped or influenced by humans. Sauer agricultural systems, modified landscapes, patterns of settlement and human activity, transportation and communication

7. Culture Hearths: starting point of a culture or trend. Primary Culture Hearths of the World East Asia Mesopotamia Indus Valley Meso America Nile Valley/ East Africa West Africa

8. What’s the name of the hearth? Meso America

9. What’s the name of this hearth? West Africa

10. What’s the name of the hearth? Mesopotamia

11. What’s the name of the hearth? Nile Valley

12. What’s the name of the hearth? Indus Valley

13. What’s the name of the hearth? East Asia

14. Culture Worksheet Use your notes to answer the following questions about cultures. • A cultural hearth is the starting point of a _________ or ________. • A cultural landscape describes those places and landscapes that have been ___________ or ____________________ by humans. • Name the 6 cultural hearths: a._______________________________________ b._______________________________________ c._______________________________________ d._______________________________________ e._______________________________________ f. _______________________________________ 4. A taboo is a restriction on behavior imposed by ________________ custom. 5. A habit is a ________________________ act performed by an individual.

15. Folk Culture or Pop Culture?Based on your notes, under each picture write Folk (for folk culture examples) or Pop (for popular culture examples). 1.________ 2._________ 3. ________ 4.________ 5.______ 6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9.________ 10.________

16. On the map below, label the 6 cultural hearths.