| A | B |
| culture | the attitudes, beliefs, and customs of a group of people that are passed from one generation to another |
| immigrant | a person who leaves his or her own country to live permanently in another |
| descendant | a person who is born to particular parents, grandparents, and more distant ancestors |
| ethnic custom | a practice of a certain cultural group that is passed from one generation to another |
| prejudice | an unfavorable opinion formed without knowledge of the facts |
| history | the study of what happened in the past; a record of past events |
| historian | a person who studies the events of the past |
| nation | country with borders and an organized government which freely exercises authority within the borders |