Chapter 5 Human Geo Word Scramble
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Demography | the statistical perspective to study population patterns and trends |
Population Density | the average number of people living in an area |
Birth Rate | the number of births each year for every one thousand people living in a place |
Death Rate | the number of deaths each year for every one thousand people living in a place |
Migration | the process of moving from one place to live in another |
Immigrants | people who come in a country to live |
Emigrants | people who leave or exit a country to live |
Pull Factor | attracts people to a new location |
Push Factor | factors causing people to leave a location |
Refugees | people who have been forced to leave and can not return to their homes |
Culture | all the features of a people's way of life |
Culture Region | an area in which people have many shared culture traits |
Culture Traits | activities and behaviors that people take part in of a specific culture |
Ethnic Groups | a human population that shares common cultures or ancestries |
Acculturation | when an individual group that adopts some of the traits from another culture |
Innovation | new ideas that a culture accepts |
Diffusion | an idea or innovation that spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted |
Globalization | the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike |
Traditionalism | following long time practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas |
Fundamentalism | describes any movement where people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings |
Dialect | a regional variety languages |
Lingua Franca | a language of trade and communication for the whole world |
Ethnic Religions | religions a a specific ethnic groups not generally having spread among other cultures |
Animist Religions | people who believe in the presence of spirits and focus on the forces of nature |
Polytheism | the belief in many gods: Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism |
Monotheism | the belief in one god: Christianity, Islam, Judaism |
Universalizing Religions | the attempt to expand a religion all over the world |
Missionaries | people who help spread their religion |
Mosque | Islamic houses of worship |
Hajj | Islamic journey to Mecca; must visit once |
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