Unit 4 Vocab Review

A dispersion of people from their homeland

• diaspora

• indigenous

• assimilate

• refugee

native to a certain area

• diaspora

• indigenous

• assimilate

• refugee

to absorb fully into another group of people, culture

• diaspora

• indigenous

• assimilate

• refugee

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

• diaspora

• indigenous

• assimilate

• refugee

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

• urbanization

• globalization

• canal

• modify

growth to a global or worldwide scale

• urbanization

• globalization

• canal

• modify

long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

• urbanization

• globalization

• canal

• modify

to change something to meet your wants or needs

• urbanization

• globalization

• canal

• modify

to adjust or change to suit conditions

• adapt

• desalination

• desertification

• migrate

A process of removing salt from ocean water

• adapt

• desalination

• desertification

• migrate