CULTURES AND RELIGIONS

WHAT IS CULTURE

• Culture is a certain behavior, pattern or way of life in a certain ethnic group
• Examples of culture could be the moon festival for the Chinese or Columbus Day for Americans.
• It can be a behavior such as in America, it is polite to look people directly in eye.
• But in Latin America, it is very impolite to look other directly in the eye.
• The idea of culture is a very complex way of life that is unique for each ethnic group.

CULTURE

• As the population increases, many cultures begin to diffuse across the world.
• This creates a multicultural society, with multiple cultures in a society.
• Some cultures have bigger gender roles, to express the attitude that is given and expected from each gender
• All cultures have some sort if social class, to show some sort of status in the culture like a high social status.
• Social mobility is the ability to move up your social class through status or income, usually on individuals or families.

CULTURE

• Urban is usually an area that's a town or a city
• Rural is usually an area on the countryside outside or towns.
• Animism is the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.

RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY

• Believes that the world is sinful
• Believes that Jesus Christ is something like the son ofGod
• Believes in the afterlife
• Uses the bible as a reference.

RELIGION:JUDAISM

• Believes in One God
• Believes in the coming messiah
• Follows many laws
• Uses the Torah as reference

RELIGION: ISLAM

• Believes in One God
• Follows the teachings of Mohammad
• Follows a strict set of laws called the sharia
• Uses the Koran as reference

RELIGION: BUDDHISM

• Some believe that Buddha is a god, some don't.
• Believes in karma
• Believes in meditation to achieve enlightenment
• Believes in reincarnation

RELIGION: HINDUISM

• Many forms of Hinduism
• Believes in reincarnation
• Have 320 million "gods"

RELIGION: SIKHISM

• Believes in one god
• Founded by Guru Nanak
• Believes in the trap of maya
• Uses the teaching theory of śábda