Unit 1: Geography and Culture

The study of past people and cultures

• Anthropologist

• Archeology

• Economics

• Geography

A chain of islands

• archipelago

• hemisphere

• delta

• mountains

An area or region of the world with specific weather conditions

• geography

• weather

• anthropology

• climate

The way of life of a society that is handed down from one  generation to the next by learning and experience.

• Culture

• Climate

• Laws and rules

• Social Class

Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of  some rivers

• mountain

• valley

• archipelago

• delta

The study of people, their environments, and their resources.

• economics

• geography

• sociology

• archeology

The way the globe is broken into halves (North and South OR East  and West).

• time zones

• continents

• hemispheres

• geography

A family organization in which several generations share a  common dwelling.

• Nuclear Family

• Country

• Joint Family

• Tribal Group

The distance north or south of the equator

• lineage

• latitude

• topography

• longitude

A group claiming a common ancestor.

• culture

• lineage

• heritage

• climate