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Role spasifiically asignned to man or women in a culture

Multicultural – containing a mix of peoples and cultures

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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

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the study of population.

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the movement of greater numbers of people into cities

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Human factors affect where people settle, like having a capital

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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

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

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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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The spread of ideas,good,technologies,and cultural traits from one society to another

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