Chapter 4 vocab -1 Flashcards
Weight of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items
Culture
Group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language
Language family
Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin
Ethnic group
Division of earth surface in which most people share similar way of life, including Language, religion, economics, systems, and values
Culture region
The spread of culture traits material and no material from one culture to another
Cultural diffusion
Center where cultures developed, and from which ideas in traditions spread
Culture hearth
Number of births per year for 1000 people
Birth rate
Number of deaths per year for everyone, thousand people
Death rate
The growth rate of a population, the difference between birth rate and death rate
Natural increase
The movement of people from place to place
Migration
The model that uses birth rates and death rates to show populations in countries or regions change overtime
Demographic Transition
The number of years it takes for population to double in size
Doubling time
The variations in population that occur across the country continent of the world
Population distribution
The number of people living on a square mile or square square kilometer of land
Destiny
Diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender
Population pyramid
System Form of government in which all key powers are given to The nation or central government
Unitary
System form of government in which powers are divided between the National government and the state of provincial government
Federal
The system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
Autocracy
System of government in which a small group holds power
Oligarchy
A form of autocracy With a hereditary king or queen, exercising supreme power
Monarch
The system of government in which the officials are regarded as divinely inspired
Theocracy
System of government in which leaders rule with consent of the
Democracy
Fake limit extent defined along physical, geographical features, such as mountains and rivers
Natural boundary
Geographic boundary between two different count
Cultural boundary
