| A | B |
| Culture | Way of life |
| Civilization | Highly deveolped cultures |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of cultural knowledge and skills |
| Language Family | Group of languages having similar beginnings |
| Standard of Living | Measure of people's quality of life |
| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people that can read and write |
| Free Enterprise | People start and run businesses with little government interference |
| Socialism | Government sets goals, may run some businesses, and has a central role in the economy |
| Huang He | An eastern culture arose along this river |
| Indus River | A South Asian culture arose along this river |
| Tigris-Euphrates Rivers | A mid-eastern culture arose along this river |
| Nile River | This North African culture arose along this river |
| Cultural Regions | Based upon government, language, religion, social group and econmics |
| Latitude | Lines run east-west; but, measure north-south |
| Longitude | Lines run north-south; but, measure east-west |