5th Grade Human Geography: 5th Grade Human Geography, List 2

This list features human geography terms commonly learned in 5th grade social studies classes.

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  1. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  2. population
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
  3. custom
    a specific practice of long standing
  4. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  5. ethnic
    distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people
  6. kinship
    relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  7. sect
    a subdivision of a larger religious group
  8. nomad
    a member of a people who have no permanent home
  9. caste
    a social class separated by distinctions of hereditary rank
  10. taboo
    a ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
  11. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  12. polytheism
    belief in multiple gods
  13. census
    a periodic count of the population
  14. literacy
    the ability to read and write
  15. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  16. secular
    not concerned with or devoted to religion
  17. religious
    having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
  18. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  19. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  20. segregation
    a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
Created on Mon Nov 27 14:28:38 EST 2023 (updated Thu Nov 30 16:57:29 EST 2023)

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