Chapter 4 - The Human World
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| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology and material items.
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| language family | group of related languages that have all developed from one language
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| ethnic group | group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs or place of origin
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| culture region | division of the Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems and values
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| cultural diffusion | the spread of culture traits, material and non-material, form one culture to another
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| culture hearth | a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward
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| birthrate | number of births per year for every 1,000 people
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| death rate | number of deaths per every 1,000 people
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| natural increase | the growth rate of a population, the difference between birthrate and death rate
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| migration | the movement of people from place to place
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| demographic transition | the model that used birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time
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| doubling time | the number of years it takes for a population to double in size
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| population pyramid | a diagram that show the distribution of a population by age and gender
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| population distribution | the valuation in population that occur across a country, a continent o the world
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| population density | the average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land
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| community | people with common interests living in a particular area
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| trend | a general movement
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| unitary system | form of government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
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| federal system | form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and state or provincial government
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| autocracy | system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
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| monarchy | a form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power
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| oligarchy | system of government in which a small group holds power
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| theocracy | system government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired
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| democracy | system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
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| natural boundary | a fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
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| cultural boundary | a geographical boundary between two different cultures
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| geometric boundary | a boundary that follows a geometric pattern
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