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human geography 1 2 and 3
| 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 |