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== Regions, Culture and Customs ==

'''AIM:''' How do we define, Culture, Regions, and Customs?

'''Do Now:'''  Vocabulary Quiz

Today we are discussing Regions in Geography. 

'''What is a region?'''

A '''Region''' is an area with common features that set it apart  from other areas.

What kind of '''Regions''' are there?

Different Types of Regions:

* '''Physical Regions:'''  (Continents, Amazon, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Long Island)
 
* '''Climate Regions:'''   (North Pole, Sahara Desert, Himalayas, Andes Mountains)

* '''Cultural Regions:'''  (Latin America, Chiapas – Mayan Indian, Cherokee Nation)

* '''Political Regions:''' (U.S.A., United Kingdom,  Egypt, Greece, Italy)

* '''Other Regions:'''     (Military: NATO, Religion: Islam,  Christian, Judaism)


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'''What is Culture?'''

All the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions (family, government, religion, etc) of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.

Culture has been called '''"the way of life for an entire society”'''


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'''What is a Custom?'''

Customs are codes of manners, dress, language, religion, and rituals (Something done over and over, day after day or year after year)

== Classwork & Homework ==

'''Lesson Powerpoint:''' [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/classroom/culture.pptx Cultures & Regions]

'''Video Clip:''' [http://www.classroomexplorations.org/wiki/classroom/HSBCculture.wmv Culture Video]

'''Homework:'''  [[Assignments]]