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Question | Answer |
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What is demography? | demography- the statistical study of human population |
What is population density? | Population Density- this is the average number of people living in an area |
What is birth rate? | birthrate- how many people are born each year |
What is death rate? | Death rate- the total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people |
What is migration? | migration- the process of moving from one place to live in another |
What is monotheism? | monotheism- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God |
What is universalizing? | universalizing- too make universal or for all people |
What are religions? | religions- a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects |
What is polytheism? | polytheism- the doctrine or belief in more than one God |
What is a hajj? | hajj- the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam. |
What is culture? | culture- the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. |
What is a region? | region- extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth. |
What are ethnic groups? | ethnic groups-characteristic of a people, especially a group (ethnic group) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like. |
What is acculturation? | acculturation-process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group. |
What is innovation? | innovation-something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum. |
What is diffusion? | diffusion-act of diffusing; state of being diffused. |
What is globalization? | globalization-the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world |
What are immigrants? | immigrants-a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence. |
What are push factors? | push factors- reasons that may cause a certain group of people to leave an area |
What are pull factors? | pull factors- good reasons why immigrants leave their countries |
What are refugees? | refugees-a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc. |
What are culture trails? | culture trails- a pattern in cultures through ancestry |
What is tradionalism? | traditionalism-adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion. |
What is fundamentalism? | fundamentalism-strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles |
What is dialect? | dialect-a special variety of a language |
What is Lingua Franca? | lingua franca-any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages. |
What are ethnic religions? | ethnic religions- religions common among a certain race |
What are animist religions? | animist religions- religious faith and life system of the tribal peoples of the world |