culture Flashcards
letterally means
Origin from the Latin cultus, meaning “to care for”
two aspects of culture
1-What people care about
Beliefs, values, and customs
2-What people take care of
Earning a living; obtaining food, clothing, and shelter
culture definition
body of customary beliefs, material traits, social forms that make distinct tradition of people
Cultural Ecology
The geographic study of human–environment relationships
humbolt and ritter
huntington
ratzel
semple
believe environmental determinism
environmental determinism
belief that physical environment causes social development
modern geographers accept
possibilism
possibilism
beleif that physical environment limits some actions but humans can a djust to their environment and choose a course of ation from many alternatives in the physical environment