Human Geography Vocabulary

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• civilization

• culture

• economy

• citizen

A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

• culture region

• government

• economy

• civilization

An area in which people have many shared culture traits

• democracy

• monotheistic religion

• culture region

• government

Belief in one God

• Polytheistic religion

• culture region

• monotheistic religion

• theocracy

Belief in multiple Gods

• monotheistic religion

• democracy

• culture region

• polytheistic religion

System in which people produce sell or buy things.

• civilization

• government

• economy

• democracy

Organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society.

• democracy

• government

• citizen

• civilization

A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community

• culture region

• citizen

• human rights

• government

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

• democracy

• human rights

• citizen

• government

Political, economic, and cultural rights that all people should have

• democracy

• culture

• citizen

• human rights