- acculturation: the process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging ideas and traits among cultures
- agriculture: the act of farming; including the growing of crops and raising live stock
- cultural diffusion: the movement of customs and ideas from one culture to another
- cultural landscape: how the environment affects a culture
- cultural traits: a behavioral characteristic of a people, such as language, skill, or custom pased from one generation to another
- culture: language, religous beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of people
- demographer: a scientist who studies population density, population grwoth, marriages, death rates, birthrates, etc.
- ethics: what a culture believes is right and wrong
- extended family: a family including a mom, a dad, children, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas, and grandpas
- nuclear family: a family including a mom, a dad, and their children.
- population: the average amount of people in an area
- population density: the amount of people living in a given area
- population distribution: how population is spread over an area
- rural area: an area with a low population
- social structure: the ways in which people within a culture are organized into smaller groups; each smaller group has its own particular tasks
- technology: tools and the skills that people need to use them; the practical use of scientific skills, especially in industry
- urban area: an area with a high population