Unit 3a - Culture and Language

Unit 3a Culture (Food, Clothing, Housing, Sports, Music, Language): While some human attributes, such as hair color, are heavily influenced by biological inheritance, most others are not. In general, how people think and act is shaped, formally and informally, by what they learn from other people. All of the practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors that people learn from others are part of one's culture.  Areas where many people share an element of culture--such as speaking a particular language--form cultural regions. Geographers use maps, from small to large scale--to show the boundaries of these regions. When people of different cultures meet, they sometimes have conflicts, but they always adjust to each other. For example, if they speak different languages, one group might learn the other’s language. Or people might blend the two languages to create a new one.  Improvements in transportation and communication have increased the interaction of cultures throughout history. Culture spreads as people move from one place to another and as people interact and learn from each other.  (149 Slides and videos)