» Culture
» Cultural universals
» 1. Social Organization, 2. Customs & Traditions, 3.
Language, 4. Arts & Literature, 5. Religion, 6. Forms
of Government, 7. Economic Systems, 8. Technology
» Ethnocentrism Stereotype and Generalizations
» 5 Themes of Geography Location, Place, HumanEnvironmental interactions, Movement, Regions
» Socio-economic Systems
˃ Communism
˃ Socialism
˃ Capitalism
» Government/Political Systems Direct Democracy,
Democracy, Republic, Totalitarian Governments (Oligarchy,
Constitutional Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy, Fascism,
Dictatorship, Theocracy)
» Religion
˃ What is Religion?
˃ Why do people practice religion?
˃ Monotheism vs. Polytheism vs. Pantheism
(Animism)
˃ Major Religions of the world
» Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
˃ Why do people/countries do what they do, according to
Maslow?
» Culture
˃ How does my own ethnocentrism influence my
interactions with other individuals and cultures?
˃ In a shrinking world (more globalized world) how do we
interact with people who are different from us?
˃ What makes us who we are, both individually & as a
society?
˃ How is culture shared?
˃ How do cultural differences affect interactions between
cultures?
» 5 Themes of Geography
˃ How does geography affect culture and
cultural interactions?
˃ Is geography to blame for inequality/conflict
in the world
» Government & Economics
˃ What are the positive and negative effects of
different government and economic
systems?
˃ What makes an individual or community
“buy into” a system?
» Religion
˃ How and why do religions spread?
1. What is anthropology?
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Anthropos- Greek for Human
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-ology: Greek for __________.
2. What do Anthropologists study?
1. Location
Where is it?
» Absolute location: degrees of latitude and
longitude.
» Relative location: point of reference, e.g., near,
far, a short drive.
2 . Place
What is it like?
» Physical Characteristics:
˃ landforms (mountains, plains, etc.)
˃ bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bay, etc.)
˃ ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate)
» Human Characteristics –
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Bridges, dams, canals
roads
buildings
culture
language
» All places have features that distinguish
them from other places.
3. Human/Environment Interaction
» How do people interact with and change
their environment?
˃ Dams, canals, fields, tunnels, pollution,
» How does the environment affect human
life? (Activities, culture, food, disasters)
4. Movement
» How are people and places linked by
communication and the flow of people,
ideas and goods?
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Transportation
Communication
Trade
Patterns of movement such as migration linkages and
connections
5. Regions
What are their unifying features and how do they
form and change over time?
» Regions are a basic unit for geographic study.
» Geographers divide the world into regions to
help them interpret events.
» Regions can be defined on the basis of: physical
and human characteristics.
» For example: The Pacific Northwest, The
Midwest, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, SubSaharan Africa
» Step 4: Think as fast as you can.
˃ Come up with an explosion of ideas. Translate them into words,
symbols, or pictures.
» Step 5: There are no boundaries.
˃ Think outside the box. Anything goes.
» Step 6: Don’t just too fast.
˃ Unrelated issues might be relevant later on. Think like you are
brainstorming so you don’t get stuck on a word.