Geographic Information System – technology that uses digital map information to create a databank

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using resources in a way that can meet future as well as present human demands

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total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group

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A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

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dominant religion of India; polytheistic; believe in reincarnation (rebirth) and Karma (rebirth into higher or lower caste dependent on lifestyle); have hereditary social classes called castes.

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 religion that originated in India about 500 BC; follow the teachings of Buddha; follow the Eightfold Path; spread to China, Tibet, Japan and Thailand where it became a religion.

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 first monotheistic religion; Old Testament of Bible; Ten Commandments moral code of conduct.

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world’s most popular religion; follows Jesus Christ’s teachings; includes many different sects; main regions are Americas and Europe.

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monotheistic; founded by Mohammed in 600 AD; Holy book is the Koran; 5 pillars of Faith; popular in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia.

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specifically assigned to men or women in a culture.

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 monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab region of Northern India in the 15^th century. Combines Hinduism and Islam; 5^th largest organized religion. Founder was Guru Nanak.

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referring to a city setting; usually has a high population density and diverse cultures.

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mountain range that runs through western Russia and is considered to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia.

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containing a mix of peoples and cultures.

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divisions of a cultures people based on wealth, power and prestige.

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refers to how easy or hard it is to change one’s social class within a culture.

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 region where people share common cultural characteristics.

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– area defined by one function that may cross political boundaries. Often they are organized around a focal point such as a city.

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based on people’s attitudes and emotions about a place. Ex: the “Deep South”.

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Region that lies at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea and shortens the traveling distance between Europe and Asia.

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applies to all of the Americas south of the United States. It has 4 main areas, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies ( Caribbean) and South America.

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An important human-made feature in this region that goes through the Isthmus of Panama joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and serves as a major route for International trade.

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the areas of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Many different ethnic groups with animistic, Christian, and Islamic religions; many affected by the slave trade and colonization.

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the Pacific islands of New Zealand ( colonized by the British) and other smaller nations like Tahiti that are spread across the South Pacific

the movement of greater numbers of people into cities.

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Human factors affect where people settle, like having a capital city at a central location; location along transportation routes; new technology can override physical barriers, and natural resources can attract settlers to an otherwise unfavorable area.

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how many people live in a given area.

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a visual that compares the number of males and females in a society and it includes the average ages of its members. Each group will be represented by a different bar.

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 slum settlement where poor people live in dwellings made from scrap materials—such as plywood, corrugated metal and plastic sheets.

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the major reasons for migration that either “push” people out of their old location while “pull” factors lure migrants to a new location. Ex: push- poverty, political conflict, environmental factors, oppression. Ex: pull- freedom, economic opportunity (jobs) cultural ties.

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concern how people organize into groups, such as religious groups.

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when they need to migrate due to being persecuted for being members of a particular ethnic group. Ex: Rwandans needed to flee to neighboring countries to avoid being massacred.

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when religious minorities have to leave a place due to their beliefs.

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migration due to the environment, like a drought, crop failures, floods, fires, earthquakes that force people to migrate.

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when a migration is forced such as the Atlantic Slave Trade. This migration has accompanied war and the persecution of people throughout most of history.

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natural features that were once a migration to human migration. Examples are mountains, deserts or dense forests.

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a natural feature where people used to be able to walk from one land mass to another, like across the Bering Strait now that used to be a land bridge from Asia to North America ( Alaska area).

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how something diffuses or spreads.

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when new plants, animals, ideas and even diseases were exchanged between the peoples of the Americas and those of Europe.

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an epidemic over a wide geographic area.

-(Cultural Diffusion) when ideas, products, and even cultural traits can spread from one culture to another.

when different cultures exchange ideas and become more similar.

Due to uneven distribution of both natural and human resources, each region tends to make certain types of goods, based on the productive resources it has available. Each region will produce those goods and services it cam make at the lowest cost.