Glossary

Accommodation:
The process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something.

Adaption:

When new knowledge is acquired and cannot fit with already existing knowledge, and thereby replaces that piece of information.
Assimilation: To take in and understand fully (information or ideas). To absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture.

Culture Shock:
Meeting a new and sometimes very different culture, creating a reaction to people not acting familiar and customs arranged in an unfamiliar way.

Diaspora:
A collective group of people who transcend national borders. 

Lingua franca: 

a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers with different mother tongues. English would work as a 'lingua franca' between a Danish person and a Spanish person.

Sustainability:

conserving an ecological balance by optimizing the use of natural resources