UNIT 5 : CULTURELaney Skeen & Abigail Bollinger

VOCABULARY

WHAT MAKES UP CULTURE?• Elements • Clothes- light clothes (Egypt), Silk (China)• Traditions- Christmas (religion) • Languages- Hieroglyphics (Egypt)• Sports- Mayan ball (Mayan)• Houses- Mud Houses ( Britain before Rome invaded)• Ethnic Group- African American (Africa)• Religion- Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islamic• Food- potatoes (Incas)

Examples

CULTURAL HEARTH• An area where culture originated and spread to other ideas.• Examples would be the ideas of some of the USA’s government comes

from Rome's republic and Athens democracy.

GreeceEgypt

CULTURAL DIFFUSION• Cultural Diffusion is, The spread of ideas, inventions, and patterns of

behavior from one group to another.• EX: How the Greek culture influence the Roman culture in many ways, like

how Romans used coulombs like the Greeks. • How the Mayans influenced the Aztecs an Incas.

CULTURE CLASHES• When people travel to explore different countries there is a big language

barrier. Also you have to eat the food there supplied. • Examples would be Laney and Abigail traveled to France to by special

pastry's, there is a money and language barrier.• Another example would be Jews fighting against Christians because they

have different beliefs.