chpt 5 Flashcards
the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
culture
the ways someone reads or writes
culture traits
new ideas
innovation
spreading of an idea
diffusion
an area in which people have many shared culture traits.
culture region
the way someone talks
dialect
a language of trade used by people who speak different languages
lingua franca
one ethnic group no spread on other cultures
ethnic regions
religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits
animist religions
belief in one gods
monotheism
people who travel and spread there religion
missionaries
Islamic houses of worship
mosques
religions journey to mecca required of muslums
haji
belief in many gods
polytheism
seek followers all over the world
universal regions
human populations
demography
average number of people
population densisty
how many people are born
birthrate
how many people die
deathrate
moving
migration
leave a country
emigrants
come to a new country
immigrants
causing people to leave a location
push factors
causing people to move to a location attracting
pull factors
