World Geography Chapter 4 Vocab

Way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items

• Culture
• Religion
• Race
• Nationality

Group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language

• Dialect
• Accent
• Language family
• Slang

Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin

• Family
• Ethnic Group
• Community
• Country

Division of the Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems, and values

• Continent
• Country
• City
• Culture Region

The spread of culture traits, material and non material, from one culture to another

• Cultural Diffusion
• Cultural Assimilation
• Cultural Relativism
• Cultural Appropriation

A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

• Cultural Diffusion
• Cultural Assimilation
• Cultural Convergence
• Cultural Hearth

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

• Globalization
• Industrialization
• Modernization
• Urbanization

The degree of connection or seperation between people, places, and things

• Geography
• Proximity
• Connectivity
• Distance

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

• Economic status
• Standard of living
• Social status
• Political status

Setting up businesses abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale

• Outsourcing
• Franchising
• Crowdsourcing
• Microfinancing