| A | B |
| indigenous | native to a place |
| domesticate | adapt plants and animals from wild to useful |
| oral tradition | stories past down by word of mouth through generations |
| patriarchal | social group headed by male member |
| clan | tribal community or group related to each other |
| nuclear family | family group - husband, wife, and children |
| sanitation | disposal of waste products |
| lingua franca | common language |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural to cities |
| service centers | convenient business location for rural dwellers |
| pidgin | simplified speech amoung different languages |
| coup d'etat | overthrow of government |
| apartheid | separation of the races |
| universal suffrage | voting rights for adult citizens |