world cultures unit 3 vocabulary

Colonization:

• The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. 

• A method of trade between two nations.
• The establishment of diplomatic relations between countries.
• The process of establishing control over a foreign territory by a country.

Immigration:

• The act of traveling for tourism purposes.
• The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. 

• A legal document required for travel.
• The process of obtaining citizenship in a foreign country.

Trade:

• The action of buying and selling goods and services. 

• Going to another country to experience tourism

• Exchange goods for free or stealing

• giving items to the homeless

Contemporary Societies

• Societies that exist at the present time, characterized by modern social structures, cultural norms, and economic conditions. 

• unaffected by technology.

• simple and homogeneous.

• solely based on traditional values.

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively; also, the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. 

• Culture

• Trade

• Colonization

• Innovation

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another. 

• cultural assimilation
• cultural appropriation
• cultural diffusion
• cultural exchange

The action or process of innovating; a new method, idea, product, etc. 

• Development
• Modification
• Creation
• Innovation

The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way

• assimilation

• appropriation

• evolution

• Tradition

The branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. 

• Cultural Geography
• Physical Geography
• Human Geography
• Economic Geography

The branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth’s surface.

• Physical Geography
• Human Geography
• Meteorology
• Cultural Geography