Question | Answer |
What is a culture region? | An area in which people have many shared culture traits |
What is assimilation? | The merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups |
What is dialect? | A variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language |
What is a pull factor? | A pull factor attracts people to a new location |
What is Lingua Franca? | Any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages. |
What are ethnic religions? | A religion that appeals to a specific group of people in a specific area of the world |
What are ethnic groups? | A human population that shares a common culture or ancestry. |
What are refugees? | People who have been forced to leave and cannot return to their home |
What is culture? | Culture is all the features of a people's way of life |
What are culture traits? | Activities and behaviors that people often take part in. |
What are animist religions? | Religions that have the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings |
What is a universalizing religion? | A religion in which the followers attempt to appeal to all people |
What is demography? | The statistical study of human populations |
What is a death rate? | How many people die each year |
What is population density? | The average number of people living in an area |
What is a birthrate | How many people are born each year |
What is monotheism? | The belief that there is only one God. |
What is a missionary? | a person sent by a church to carry on religious activities |
What is migration? | The process of moving from one place to live in another |
What is a push factor? | A push factor causes people to leave a location |
What are emigrants? | People who leave a country to live somewhere else |
What are immigrants? | People who come to a new country and live |
What is a mosque? | a Muslim temple or place of public worship |
What is a haji? | a Muslim who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca |