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| demography | the statistical study of human populations
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| population density | average number of people living in an area
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| birthrate | the number of births each year for every 1,000 people living in an area
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| death rate | the number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people living in an area
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| migration | process of moving from one place to another
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| emigrants | people who leave a country to live somewhere else
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| immigrants | people who come to a new country to live
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| push factors | causes people to leave a location
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| pull factors | attracts people to a new location
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| refugees | people who have been forced to leave and cannot return to their homes
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| culture | all the features of a person's way of life
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| culture traits | activities and behaviors that people often take part in
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| culture region | an area in which people have shared culture traits
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| ethnic groups | a human population that shares a common culture or ancestry
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| acculturation | when an individual or group adopts some traits from another culture
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| diffusion | happens when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted
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| globalization | connections around the world increase and cultures become more alie
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| traditionalism | means following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas
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| fundamentalism | describes any movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings
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| dialect | a regional variety of language
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| lingua franca | a language of trade and communication
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| ethnic religions | focus on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures
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| animist religions | people believe in the presence of spirits and the forces of nature
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| polytheism | the belief in more than one god
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| universalizing religions | seek followers all over the world
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| monotheism | the belief in one god
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| missionaries | people who help spread the religion
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| mosques | houses for worship
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| hajj | special religious journeys to Mecca
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| innovation | a new idea that a culture accepts
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