chapter 5 Flashcards
study of human population.
demography
average number of people in a area.
population density
number of births each year for every thousand people living in a place.
birth rate
How many people die each year.
death rate
Moving one place to another.
migration
People who leave their country to live somewhere esle.
emmigrants
People who leave their location.
push factors
attracts people to a new location.
pull factors
People who do not feel safe or feel discriminated where they live.
refugees
futures of peoples way of life.
Culture
activities and behaviors that people that often take part in.
culture traits
Area which people have many shared culture traits.
culture region
Human population that shares a common culture or an ancestry.
ethnic groups
when individual people or groups adopts some of the traits of another culture.
acculturation
new idea that a culture accepts.
Innovation
when an area an idea or innovation is spread to one group or another.
diffusion
cultures become more alike.
globalization.
Following long time practices and opposite of many ideas.
traditionalism
describe any movement in which people believe strictly in and strictly follow it.
fundamentalism
A language of trade and communication.
lingua franca
Three main types of religions.
ethnic religions
people believe in the presence of the spirits and focus on nature.
animist religions
belief in many gods
Polytheism
followers all over the world
universalize religions
