chapter 5 vocab

Question 1

the statistical study of human populations

Answer 1

demography

Question 2

average number of people living in the area is called

Answer 2

population density

Question 3

the number of births each year for every 1,000 people living in a place.

Answer 3

birthrate

Question 4

the total number of deaths each year

Answer 4

death rate

Question 5

the process of moving from one place to live in another

Answer 5

migration

Question 6

people who leave a country to live somewhere else are called

Answer 6

emigrants

Question 7

causes people to leave a location

Answer 7

push factors

Question 8

attracts people to a new location

Answer 8

pull factors

Question 9

people who have been forced to leave and can not return to their homes

Answer 9

refugees

Question 10

a key term for understanding human geography is what

Answer 10

culture

Question 11

activities and behaviors that people often take part in are called

Answer 11

culture trait

Question 12

an area in which people have many shared traits is called

Answer 12

culture region

Question 13

a human population that shares common culture or ancestry

Answer 13

ethnic groups

Question 14

when an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture the process is called

Answer 14

acculturation

Question 15

new ideas that a culture accepts is called

Answer 15

innovation

Question 16

an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted is called

Answer 16

diffusion

Question 17

connection around the world increase and cultures become more alike is called

Answer 17

globalization

Question 18

following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas

Answer 18

traditionalism

Question 19

any movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles or teachings

Answer 19

fundamentalism

Question 20

a regional variety of a language is called

Answer 20

dialect

Question 21

a language of trade and communication for the whole world is called

Answer 21

lingua franca

Question 22

focuses on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures

Answer 22

ethnic religions

Question 23

people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces nature

Answer 23

animist religions

Question 24

belief in many gods

Answer 24

polytheism

Question 25

seeks followers all over the world

Answer 25

universalizing religions

Question 26

belief in one god

Answer 26

monotheism

Question 27

helps spread the religion

Answer 27

missionaries

Question 28

islamic people often make a special religous journey to mecca called

Answer 28

hajj

Question 29

house of worship

Answer 29

mosque