Geography Landscapes & Vocabulary

The blending together of different cultures.

• Cultural Diversity

• Hieracrhy

• Cultural Diffusion

• Social Dynasty

Different cultures that live together but embrace their differences.

• Social Dynamic

• Cultural Diversity

• Cultural Diffusion

• Social Hierarchy

Organized beliefs and rituals of a group or individual.

• Religion

• cultural diversity

• Socialism

• geography

Government and laws of a culture or place.

• Archaeology

• Economics

• Political

• Geography

Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains for an extended period of time .

• Drought

• Monsoons

• Earthquake

• tornado

Measures distance east to west of the prime meridian.

• Latitude

• equator

• tropic of Capricorn

• Longitude

Measures distances north or south of the equator.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• hemisphere

Half of the Earth: North and South / East and West

• Tropics

• Hemisphere

• Centurion

• Longitudinal Section

Traditions of a culture ( holidays, clothing, celebrations)

• Customs

• Diverse

• regionalized

• philosophy

New Stone Age: People transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming.

• Iron Age

• Bronze Age

• Neolithic Period

• Paleolithic Period