| A | B |
| Culture | The way of life of people who share similar customs and belief |
| Quran | The sacred book of Islam; also spelled Koran |
| Cultural Diffusion | the spread of customs and ideas from one culture to another |
| Kinship | a family relationship |
| Nuclear family | the part of a family that includes parents, childern, and other relatives |
| Lineage | a group of families descended from a common ancestor |
| Clan | a group pf lineages |
| Swahili | an ethnic group in East Africa that resulted from the mixing of African and Arab ways more than 1000 years ago; also a languages |
| Heritage | the values, tradition and customs handed down from one's ancestors |
| Migrant Worker | A laborer who travels away from where he or she lives to find work |
| Compound | a fenced-in group of home |