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demography:   the stastistical study of human popoulations  
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population density:   the average number of people living in an area  
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birthrate:   the number of births each year for every 1,000 people  
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death rate:   the total number of deaths each year every 1,000 people  
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emigrants:   people who leave a country to live somewhere else  
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push factors:   factors that cause a person to leave a location  
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pull factors:   factors that cause a person to go to a location  
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refugees:   people who have been forced to leave and cannot return to their homes  
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culture region:   an area in which people have shared culture traits  
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ethnic group:   a human population that shares a common culture or ancestery  
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acculturation:   when a individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture  
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culture innovation:   new ideas that culture adapts  
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culture diffusion   when an idea of innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted  
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globalization:   when connections around the world increase cultures and become more alike  
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traditions:   following longtime practices and opposing new ideas  
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fundamentalism:   any case where people believe in following traditional beliefs or teachings  
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dialect:   a regional variety of a language  
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Lingua Franca   a world laungage that is used for business and communication  
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ethnic religion   focuses on one ethnic group and have no spread to others  
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animalist religion:   religions that believe in the presence of spirtis and forces of nature  
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polythesism:   the belief in many gods  
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universalizing religions   seek to spread their religion  
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monothesism   the belief in one god  
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missionaries   those who attempt to spread a religion  
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