| A | B |
| Culture | The way of life of a group of people |
| Civilization | Highly developed cultures |
| Language Family | A group of languages having similar beginnings |
| Standard of Living | Measure of people's quality of life |
| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
| Free Enterprise | People start and run businesses with little government interference |
| Socialism | Government sets goals, run businesses and have role in economy |
| Huang He | An civilization in China arose here |
| Indus River | Ancient civilization in India arose here |
| Tigris-Euphrates River | Ancient Mesopotamian civilization arose here |
| Nile River | Ancient Egyptian civilization arose here |
| Cultural Regions | Regions based on government, language, religion, social groups and economics |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas from one culture to another |
| Latitude | Lines that run east-west, but measure north-south |
| Longitude | Lines that run north-south, but measure east-west |