Month: March 2025

Cultural Assimilation – The process by which Indigenous groups are absorbed into the dominant culture, often leading to the loss of traditional practices.

Cultural Preservation – Efforts to maintain and protect Indigenous languages, traditions, and customs in the face of modernization.

Modernity – The social, economic, and technological changes associated with industrialization and globalization.

Indigenous Peoples – Ethnic groups that are the original inhabitants of a region, maintaining distinct cultural traditions and languages.

Acculturation – The process by which a migrant adopts elements of the host culture while maintaining their own cultural identity.

Integration – The process by which migrants become part of the social and economic life of their new country while maintaining aspects of their original culture.

Xenophobia – The fear or hatred of immigrants or foreign cultures.

Push-Pull Factors – The reasons influencing migration, including factors that push people out of a country (e.g., war, unemployment) and pull them into another (e.g., job opportunities, political stability).

Chain Migration – A migration pattern in which people follow relatives or community members to a new location.