Sunday, October 9, 2011

Geography (definitions)

Culture: Is the set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group of people have in common.

Culture trait: Is an activity or behaviour in which people often take part. For example, England, India, Australia like playing cricket.

Culture region: Is an area in which people have many culture traits. For example, across Southwest of Asia and North Africa most people speak Arabic and they are mouslim. Another example is that Italy, Spain, France and Greece are using a lot of olive oil in their food(s).

 Ethnic group: Is a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry. For example more than 100 ethnic groups live in the East African country of Tanzania.

Cultural diversity: Is the state of having a varaity of cultures in the same area.

Cultural diffusion: Is the spread of culture traits from one region to another.

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