Question | Answer |
demography | The statistical study of human population |
population density | The average number of people living in an area |
birthrate | The number of births each year for every 1,000 people |
deathrate | the total number of deaths each year per 1,000 people |
emigrants | People who leave a country to live somewhere else |
push factors | Factors that cause a person to leave a location |
pull factors | Factors that cause a person to go to a location |
refugees | People who have been forced to leave and can not return to their homes |
culture | all of the features of a persons way of life including |
are all apart of culture | Language Dress Diet Religion Location Philosophies |
culture region | An area in which people have many shared culture traits |
ethnic group | A human population that shares a common culture or ancestry |
acculturation | When a individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture |
cultural inovation | New ideas that a culture adapts |
cultural diffusion | When an idea of innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted |
globalization | When connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike |
traditionalism | Following longtime practices and opposing many new ideas |
fundamentalism | Any case where people believe in following traditional beliefs or teachings |
dialect | is a regional variety of a language |
Lingua Franca | a world language that is used for business and communication |
Ethnic religion | focus on one ethnic group and have not spread to others |
two examples of ethnic religions | Hinduism and Confucianism |
animalist religion | religions that believe in the presence of spirits and forces of nature |
Polytheism | the belief in many gods |
Universalizing Religions | seek to spread their religion |
Universalizing Religions | seek to spread their religion |
Monotheism | the belief in one god |
examples of monotheism religions | Christianity and Islam |
missionaries | those who attempt to spread a religion |