Chapter 3,1 guide

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Thailand, a different world (Guide)

The aim of this lesson.

• What is a climate chart?
• What is a people, nation and state? And give examples of different peoples, nations and states.
• What belongs to culture and what are the differences when you look at global scalelevel?

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G151 People, nation, state

A people is a group of human being who have lived together for centuries and share the same culture. 

For example:

The indians in the Amazon

The aboriginals in Australia

But also the Austrian people and 

the Inuit people in Greenland, Canada and Russia

G151 People, nation, state

If only one people lives in a state, it is called a nation. It is also called a nation state. Iceland and Denmark are good examples of nation states.

G151 people, nation, state

Some states are the homeland of several peoples. Russia, for example.

G151, People, nation, state

In some cases, the homeland of a people extends over more than one state.

The Kurds, for example

G152 Culture

Culture is a word that describes the beliefs and customs that we learn when we are growing up.

For example: If you are from an Arab family, you learn the language, religion and way of dressing that belong to Arab culture. 

G152 Culture

You can also recognize a culture by elements of the spatial planning. 

For example: 

Mosques belongs to the Islamic culture.

Dutch cities and towns have a lot of cycle paths.

G152 Culture

There are seven cultural regions. These are regions with a similar culture. But if you zoom in on a national or regional scale, you will discover 

major differences within 

a cultural region.

G152 Culture

Elements of a culture can spread 

from one cultural region to another. 

This is called diffusion

For example:

McDonalds

Homework

Learn chapter 3.1 and do assignment 5-6-7 on the geo online