Culture and Community Vocabulary

the people who came before you and are part of your family tree

• Predecessors

• Ancestors

• Descendants

• Relatives

made up of people who live, work, or play together in the same place

• Society

• Community

• Network

• Collective

something passed down from your family or ancestors

• Tradition

• Heritage

• Legacy

• Culture

everyone is unique and different in some ways

• Inclusion

• Diversity

• Uniformity

• Homogeneity

the first people to live in a place before others came and settled there

• Indigenous

• Colonial

• Settlers

• Migrants

the way of life of a group of people

• Culture

• Tradition

• Society

• Civilization

something you strongly think is real or true

• Opinions

• Beliefs

• Assumptions

• Hypotheses

the worth, importance, or usefulness of something

• Values

• Principles

• Beliefs

• Attitudes

a special custom or belief that people in a family pass down from one generation to another

• Traditions

• Rituals

• Fables

• Legends

the usual way people in a place or group behave or do things

• Traditions

• Customs

• Habits

• Norms