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Chapter 5 Human Geo

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Demography   the statistical perspective to study population patterns and trends  
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Population Density   the average number of people living in an area  
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Birth Rate   the number of births each year for every one thousand people living in a place  
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Death Rate   the number of deaths each year for every one thousand people living in a place  
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Migration   the process of moving from one place to live in another  
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Immigrants   people who come in a country to live  
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Emigrants   people who leave or exit a country to live  
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Pull Factor   attracts people to a new location  
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Push Factor   factors causing people to leave a location  
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Refugees   people who have been forced to leave and can not return to their homes  
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Culture   all the features of a people's way of life  
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Culture Region   an area in which people have many shared culture traits  
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Culture Traits   activities and behaviors that people take part in of a specific culture  
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Ethnic Groups   a human population that shares common cultures or ancestries  
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Acculturation   when an individual group that adopts some of the traits from another culture  
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Innovation   new ideas that a culture accepts  
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Diffusion   an idea or innovation that spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted  
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Globalization   the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike  
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Traditionalism   following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas  
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Fundamentalism   describes any movement where people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings  
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Dialect   a regional variety languages  
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Lingua Franca   a language of trade and communication for the whole world  
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Ethnic Religions   religions a a specific ethnic groups not generally having spread among other cultures  
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Animist Religions   people who believe in the presence of spirits and focus on the forces of nature  
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Polytheism   the belief in many gods: Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism  
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Monotheism   the belief in one god: Christianity, Islam, Judaism  
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Universalizing Religions   the attempt to expand a religion all over the world  
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Missionaries   people who help spread their religion  
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Mosque   Islamic houses of worship  
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Hajj   Islamic journey to Mecca; must visit once  
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