Question | Answer |
statistical study of human populations | demography |
the average number of people living in an area | population density |
number of births each year for every 1,000 people in an area | birth rate |
total number of deaths each year for every thousand people | death rate |
process of moving from one place to another | migration |
people who leave a country to live somewhere else | emigrants |
causes people to leave a location | push factors |
attracts people to a new location | pull factors |
people who are forced to lave their country and cannot return | refugees |
ways to live life | culture |
activities and behaviors that people often take part in | culture traits |
an area in which people share culture traits | culture region |
a group of human population that shares a common culture | ethnic groups |
an individual group adopts traits from another culture | acculturation |
new ideas that culture accepts | innovation |
an idea is spread or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted | diffusion |
when connections a round the world in crease and cultures become more alike | globalization |
longtime practice opposing to modern technology and ideas | traditionalism |
any movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles | fundamentalism |
regional variety of language | dialect |
language of trade and communication | lingua franca |
people who believe in the presence of spirits and forces of nature | animist religions |
belief in many gods | polytheism |
seeking followers all over the world | universalizing religions |
belief in one god | monotheism |
people who try to spread religion | missionaries |
special religious journey | hajj |
doesn't adopt ideas from other cultures | ethnic religions |
people who come to a new country to live | immigrants |
process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs | assimilation |