Level World Geo Unit 3 Vocabulary

A way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits.

• culture

• culture hearth

• customs

• institution

a group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language

• culture

• religion

• language family

• indigenous

A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin

• language family

• ethnic group

• institution

• culture hearth

The spread of culture traits from one culture to another.

• cultural divergence

• culture region

• cultural diffusion

• culture

The center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward.

• culture region

• culture hearth

• customs

• globalization

The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact

• cultural diffusion

• culture hearth

• globalization

• customs

the level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people to live.

• culture

• institution

• globalization

• standard of living

The spread of a disease across a large area or even the world.

• pandemic

• cultural diffusion

• religion

• connectivity

An organization of people that serve a social purpose.

• religion

• institution

• globalization

• tradition

Our habits, practices, and ideas about what is true/untrue or correct.

• tradition

• customs

• religion

• culture