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Human Geography
Unit 6
Question | Answer |
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What is demography? | The statistical study of human populations. |
What is Population Density? | The average number of people living in an area. |
What is birthrate? | The number of births each year for every 1,000 people. |
What is death rate? | The total number of deaths each year per 1,000 people. |
What are emigrants? | People who leave a country to live somewhere else. |
What is a Push Factor? | Factors that cause a person to leave location. |
What is a pull factor? | Factors that cause a person to go to a location. |
What are refugees? | People who have been forced to leave and cannot return to their homes. |
What is culture? | All of the features of a persons’ way of life including. |
What is a Cultural Region? | An area which people have many shared culture traits. |
What is an Ethnic Group? | A human population that shares a common culture or ancestry. |
What is Acculturation? | When a individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture. |
What is Cultural Innovation? | new ideas that a culture adapts. |
What is Cultural Diffusion? | When an idea of innovation spread from one person or group to another and is adopted. |
What is Globalization? | When connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike. |
What is Traditionalism? | Following longtime practices and opposing many new ideas. |
What is Fundamentalism? | Any case where people believe in following traditional beliefs or teachings. |
What is dialect? | A regional variety of a language. |
What is Lingua Franca? | A world language that is used for business and communication. |
What is Ethnic religion? | Focus on one ethnic group and have not spread to others. |
What is an Animalist religion? | Religions that believe in the presence of spirits and forces of nature. |
What is Polytheism? | The belief in many gods. |
What is Universalizing Religions? | Seeking to spread their religions. |
What is Monotheism? | The belief of one god. |