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6th Grade: Contemporary World Cultures

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1 6th Grade: Contemporary World Cultures
Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses.

2 6th Grade: Contemporary World Cultures
Being a Geographer means viewing the world through many lenses. Transition from Elementary School to Middle School

3 Human Environment Interaction
Conflict Globalization Culture

4 Human Environment Interaction
How do people depend on the environment? How to people adapt to the environment? How do people modify the environment? Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it.

5 Human Environment Interaction
How do people depend on the environment? Example: In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops.

6 Human Environment Interaction
How to people adapt to the environment? Example: The ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain.

7 Human Environment Interaction
How do people modify the environment? Example: The ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops. In modern times, Egypt built a dam to control the flood waters of the Nile River.

8 Historical Influences Colonization/ Imperialism
CONFLICT A clash of interests or point of view between individuals, groups, or society Historical Influences Religion Colonization/ Imperialism Government

9 GLOBALIZATION Trade Economy Technology Cultural Diffusion
An interdependence between nations Trade Economy Technology Cultural Diffusion

10 CULTURE A way of life for a group of people
It is everything that makes you – YOU! Education/Language, Religion/Belief Systems, Food, Transportation, Government/Economy, Art/Architecture, Entertainment, Clothing

11 Religion/Belief Systems It is everything that makes you – YOU!
CULTURE Education/Language Entertainment Religion/Belief Systems Clothing Food Government/Economy Art/Architecture Transportation It is everything that makes you – YOU!


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