Geography Chapter 4 Lesson 1 and 2

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

• culture

• language families

• ethnic group

• culture region

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

• culture

• language families

• ethnic group

• culture region

A group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language.

• culture

• language families

• ethnic group

• culture region

A group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin.

• culture

• language families

• ethnic group

• culture region

Who are part of the IndoEuropean language family?

• Egypt, Spanish, and America

• English, Spanish, and Mexican

• English, Spanish, and Russian.

• English, and Spanish

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

• The Zapotec

• culture hearths

• cultural diffusion

• The Olmec civilizations

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

• The Zapotec

• culture hearths

• cultural diffusion

• The Olmec civilizations

The first civilizations in the americans that appeared in around 1,200 B.C.

• The Zapotec

• culture hearths

• cultural diffusion

• The Olmec

The civilization that appear in 500 B.C.

• The Zapotec

• culture hearths

• cultural diffusion

• The Olmec

number of births per year for every 1,000 people

• birthrate

• death rate

• natural increase

• migration