• Illustrate (draw) and label a connection between a soil region and a vegetation region.

Be creative. Explain your illustration in complete sentences underneath it.

• Work on vocab if you finish early

Chapter 4 Section 1

Important words to remember

• Innovation

• Diffusion

• Cultural hearth

• Acculturation

Something newly created to meet a need or solve a problem

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

A site of innovation, from which ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures

A societal change resulting from the adoption of an innovation

Language

• How does language affect everyday life?• What is a dialect?• Can languages diffuse to other

cultures?• Blended languages

Religions

• Judaism• Christianity• Islam• Hinduism• Buddhism• Sikhism• Other Asian Practices

Types of Geography

• Population Geography

• Political Geography

• Urban Geography

• Economic Geography

Birth rate, fertility rate, mortality rate, rate of natural increase

Characteristics, boundaries, and political systems

Location, patternsWhat do cities do for humans?

Types, levels, natural resources, infrastructure, and measurement