chapter 5

Question 1

demography

Answer 1

the statistical study of human populations

Question 2

population density

Answer 2

the average number of people living in an area

Question 3

birth rate

Answer 3

number of births each year per 1000 people living in an area

Question 4

migration

Answer 4

the process of moving from one place to another

Question 5

emigrants

Answer 5

people who leave a country to live somewhere else

Question 6

immigrants

Answer 6

people who come to a new country to live

Question 7

push factors

Answer 7

causes for people to leave a location

Question 8

pull factors

Answer 8

attracts people to a new location

Question 9

refugees

Answer 9

people who have been forced to leave and cannot return to their home country

Question 10

death rate

Answer 10

the number of deaths each year per 1000

Question 11

culture

Answer 11

all of the features of a peoples way of life

Question 12

culture traits

Answer 12

learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in

Question 13

culture region

Answer 13

an area in which people have shared culture traits

Question 14

ethnic groups

Answer 14

human populations that share a common culture of ancestry

Question 15

acculturation

Answer 15

a process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture

Question 16

innovation

Answer 16

new idea that a culture accepts

Question 17

diffusion

Answer 17

a process occurring when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted

Question 18

globalization

Answer 18

the process in which connections around the world increase, and cultures become more alike

Question 19

traditionalism

Answer 19

following longtime practices, and opposing many modern technologies and ideas.

Question 20

fundamentalism

Answer 20

movement in which people believe in following only certain certain established principles or teachings

Question 21

dialect

Answer 21

a regional variety of a language

Question 22

lingua franca

Answer 22

a language of trade and communication used by people who speak different languages

Question 23

ethnic religions

Answer 23

religions found among a certain ethnic group that usually doesn’t spread

Question 24

animist religions

Answer 24

religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces on nature

Question 25

polytheism

Answer 25

the belief in many gods

Question 26

universalizing religions

Answer 26

religions that seek followers all over the world

Question 27

monotheism

Answer 27

the belief in one god

Question 28

missionaries

Answer 28

people whose goal is to spread their religions

Question 29

mosques

Answer 29

Islamic house of worship

Question 30

hajj

Answer 30

religious journey to mecca required of Muslims