Question | Answer |
What do geographers use to study the relationships between populations and environments??? | statistics from maps, graphs, population pyramids, and spatial perspectives. |
Statistics can help determine how to ____ | redraw political boundaries |
What are the key statistics used to study population? | population density, population distrobution, population change, natural increase |
average number of people living in an area | population density |
population density ___ (varies/stays the same) around the world | varies |
what does population density do? | reflect the size of the country and environmental condition |
when people spread unevenly across the earth | population distrobution |
Where do people wanna live? | places with mild climates, fertile soils, and an adequate water supply |
population change depends on | birth rate, death rate, and migration |
based on just birthrate or death rate | natural increase |
geographers use push factors and pull factos to analyze reasons for ____ | migration |
what attribute to population increases | medical , agricultural and sanitation |
better health care which allows people to live longer | medical advances |
increased food production | agricultural advances |
cleaner conditions | sanitation advances |
all countries will face _____ | population changes |
key term for understanding human geography | culture |
culture inclues ___ | all the features of life |
how is culture passed | from parents to children |
what do geographers study culture through? | culture traits and culture regions |
activites and behavoires common to groups | culture traits |
areas in which people share culture traits | culture regions |
how have cultures changed over time? | through general processes such as communication, migration, war, and trade |
adoption of new and useful ideas | innovation |
idea or innovation spreads from one person to another and is adopted | diffusion |
worldwide adoption of traits | globalization |
following longtime practices opposing many techonlogies | traditionalism |
what is the most important areas in geography?? | language |
why is language important | its the main communication |
languages have ____ characteristics | spatial |
languages are linked to _____ | regions and people |
languages are divided into ____ | families and branches |
how many languages are spoken? | 3,000-6,500 |
why is relgigion important | its a key culture trait that binds many societies together and gives meaning |