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Chapter 5 Human Geo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demography | the statistical perspective to study population patterns and trends |
| Population Density | the average number of people living in an area |
| Birth Rate | the number of births each year for every one thousand people living in a place |
| Death Rate | the number of deaths each year for every one thousand people living in a place |
| Migration | the process of moving from one place to live in another |
| Immigrants | people who come in a country to live |
| Emigrants | people who leave or exit a country to live |
| Pull Factor | attracts people to a new location |
| Push Factor | factors causing people to leave a location |
| Refugees | people who have been forced to leave and can not return to their homes |
| Culture | all the features of a people's way of life |
| Culture Region | an area in which people have many shared culture traits |
| Culture Traits | activities and behaviors that people take part in of a specific culture |
| Ethnic Groups | a human population that shares common cultures or ancestries |
| Acculturation | when an individual group that adopts some of the traits from another culture |
| Innovation | new ideas that a culture accepts |
| Diffusion | an idea or innovation that spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted |
| Globalization | the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike |
| Traditionalism | following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas |
| Fundamentalism | describes any movement where people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings |
| Dialect | a regional variety languages |
| Lingua Franca | a language of trade and communication for the whole world |
| Ethnic Religions | religions a a specific ethnic groups not generally having spread among other cultures |
| Animist Religions | people who believe in the presence of spirits and focus on the forces of nature |
| Polytheism | the belief in many gods: Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism |
| Monotheism | the belief in one god: Christianity, Islam, Judaism |
| Universalizing Religions | the attempt to expand a religion all over the world |
| Missionaries | people who help spread their religion |
| Mosque | Islamic houses of worship |
| Hajj | Islamic journey to Mecca; must visit once |
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