| A | B |
| Absolute Location | Exact spot on Earth where a place can be found 30N 99W Austin, TX |
| Addition | Used to find how far apart a BC date and an AD date are apart |
| Archipelago | Large group or chain of islands |
| Architecture | Design of buildings |
| Arts | Drawing, painting, music, dance, and drama |
| Beliefs | Ideas people believe in: religions |
| Cultural Region | Area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages |
| Cultural Trait | Food, clothing, technology, beliefs, language, tools that the people of a culture share |
| Culture | Beliefs, customs, laws, art and the ways of living that people share |
| Customs | Way of behaving that are passed down from one generation to another |
| Democracy | People have the authority to make laws directly - limited government |
| Dress | Clothing, hairstyles, jewelry, footwear, makeup, and body decoration |
| Economics | Study of how resources are managed in the production, exchange, and use of goods and services |
| Economy | Managing resources |
| Education | Passing skills through the parents or schools |
| Family Unit | Group of people that live with you and you care about |
| Food Habits | What and how people eat |
| Geography | Study of the people, places, and the environment |
| Geography | Study of people, places, and the environment |
| Government | People and groups within a society that make and enforce the laws |
| History | Record of the past |
| Human-Environmental Interaction | When humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the world around them |
| Interdependence | Economical, political, and social dependence of culture regions on one another |
| Isthmus | Narrow strip of land bordered by water, that connects two larger bodies of land |
| Latitude | Lines that run parallel to the equator N or S |
| Limited Government | Everyone, including those who are in charge, must obey laws |
| Location | Where a place is located in space |
| Longitude | Lines that run between the North and South Poles |
| Monarchy | King or Queen |
| Movement | People, animals, plants and ideas go from one place to another |
| Multicultural | A country enjoying the influences of different groups on their food, music, sports, and other areas of their lives |
| Place | Area with a distinct group of physical features |
| Recreation | Things people do for fun |
| Region | Places with common physical/human characteristics |
| Republic | People make laws through elected representatives - limited government |
| Subtraction | Used to find how far two BC or two AD dates are apart |
| Technology | Tools and inventions |
| Totalitarianism | People have no say and rulers have total control - unlimited government |
| Transportation | A way to move from place to place |
| Unlimited Government | Rulers in unlimited government can do what ever they want |