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Chapter 5

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Definition
Demography   Statistical study of human populations.  
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Population Density   The average number of people living in an area; usually expressed as persons per square mile or square kilometer.  
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Birthrate   The number of live births each year for every 1,000 people living in a place.  
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Death Rate   Total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people in a place.  
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Migration   The process of moving from one place to live in another.  
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Emigrants   People who leave a country to live somewhere else.  
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Immigrants   People who came to a new country to live.  
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Push Factors   Factors causing people to leave a location.  
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Pull Factors   Factors attracting people to a new location.  
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Refugees   People who have been forced to leave an area.  
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Culture   All features of a people's way of life.  
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Culture Traits   Learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in.  
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Culture Region   an area in which people have many shared culture traits.  
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Ethnic Groups   Human populations that share a common culture or ancestry.  
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Acculturation   Process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture.  
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Innovation   New idea that a culture accepts.  
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Diffusion   A process occurring when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group is adopted.  
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Globalization   The process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more a like.  
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Traditionalism   Following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas.  
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Fundamentalism   Movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings.  
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Dialect   a regional variety of a language.  
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Linqua Franca   a language of trade and communication used by people who speak different languages.  
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Ethnic Religions   Religions found among people of one ethnic group and that generally have not spread into other cultures.  
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Animist Religions   Religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature.  
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Polytheism   The belief in many gods.  
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Universalizing Religions   Religions that seek followers all over the world.  
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Monotheism   The belief in one god.  
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Missionaries   People whose goal is to spread their religion.  
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Mosques   Islamic houses of worship.  
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Hajj   Religious journey to Mecca required of Muslims.  
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