TCI Unit 1 Lesson 1 Key Terms

Cultural Region

• An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

• A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs (traditions), food, dwellings, and clothing

• All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate

• To move from one place and establish a home in a new place

Culture

• An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

• A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs (traditions), food, dwellings, and clothing

• All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate

• To move from one place and establish a home in a new place

Environment

• An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

• A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs (traditions), food, dwellings, and clothing

• All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate

• To move from one place and establish a home in a new place

Migrate

• An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

• A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs (traditions), food, dwellings, and clothing

• All of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate

• To move from one place and establish a home in a new place

Natural Resource

• Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals

• To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation

• To be most noticeable within a group

• Good at finding ways to solve problems

Adapt

• Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals

• To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation

• To be most noticeable within a group

• Good at finding ways to solve problems

Dominate

• Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals

• To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation

• To be most noticeable within a group

• Good at finding ways to solve problems

Resourceful

• Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals

• To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation

• To be most noticeable within a group

• Good at finding ways to solve problems

Revise

• To change in order to improve

• For a limited, often short-term, period of time

• A vast, treeless plain in the arctic regions with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow

• Good at finding ways to solve problems

Temporary

• To change in order to improve

• For a limited, often short-term, period of time

• A vast, treeless plain in the arctic regions with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow

• Good at finding ways to solve problems