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| What is demography? | demography- the statistical study of human population
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| What is population density? | Population Density- this is the average number of people living in an area
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| What is birth rate? | birthrate- how many people are born each year
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| What is death rate? | Death rate- the total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people
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| What is migration? | migration- the process of moving from one place to live in another
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| What is monotheism? | monotheism- the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
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| What is universalizing? | universalizing- too make universal or for all people
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| What are religions? | religions- a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects
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| What is polytheism? | polytheism- the doctrine or belief in more than one God
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| What is a region? | region- extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
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| 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.
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| What is acculturation? | acculturation-process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
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| What is innovation? | innovation-something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
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| What is diffusion? | diffusion-act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
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| What is globalization? | globalization-the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world
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| What are immigrants? | immigrants-a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
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| What are push factors? | push factors- reasons that may cause a certain group of people to leave an area
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| What are pull factors? | pull factors- good reasons why immigrants leave their countries
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| 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.
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| What are culture trails? | culture trails- a pattern in cultures through ancestry
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| What is tradionalism? | traditionalism-adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
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| What is fundamentalism? | fundamentalism-strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles
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| What is dialect? | dialect-a special variety of a language
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| What is Lingua Franca? | lingua franca-any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
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| What are ethnic religions? | ethnic religions- religions common among a certain race
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| What are animist religions? | animist religions- religious faith and life system of the tribal peoples of the world
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