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Vocabulary in Chapter 5

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Word
Definition
Demography   the statistical study of human populations  
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Birthrate   the number of births each year for every 1,000 people living in a place  
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Migration   the process of moving from one place to live in another  
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Population Density   the average number of people living in an area  
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Death Rate   the total umber of deaths each year for every 1,000 people  
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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   a push factor causes people to leave a location  
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Pull Factors   a pull factor 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   culture includes all the features of a people'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 many 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 of the traits of another culture  
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Innovation   new ideas that a culture accepts  
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Diffusion   an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted  
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Globalization   when connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike  
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Traditionalism   the opposite of globalization; following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas  
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Fundamentalism   any movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings  
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Dialect   a regional variety of a language  
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Lingua Franca   a language of trade and communication  
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Animist Religions   people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature  
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Polytheism   the belief in many gods  
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Universalizing Religions   seek followers all over the world. They hope to appeal to people of many different cultures  
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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 of worship  
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Hajj   many people in Islamic countries make a special religious journey to Mecca  
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Assimilation   the act of incorporating or absorbing knowledge into the mind  
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