Human Geography Flashcards

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People who exit,or leave ,a county to live somewhere else

Hint : migrate = to move from one place to anther

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Emigrants

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The. Process of moving form one place to live in another place

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Migration

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People who move from one county into another county.

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Immigrants

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Facter, or reason ,that push people to leave a location

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Push factor

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Following old style practices that have been around for a long time, and being against many new technologies and ideas

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Traditionalism

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Movement in which people believe in strictly following certain ideas or teachings, which are usually religious

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Fundamentalism

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The Arabic word for a religious journey (trip) to Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Islam requires Muslims to make this journey at least once in their lifetime

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Hajj

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Islamic places of wordship where Muslims (followers of lslam) wordship and practice their religion

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Mosques

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The process in which one individual or group begins to use some cultural traits of another group of people

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Acculturation

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New idea that a culture accepts

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Innovation

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

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Diffusion

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Factors, or reasons,pulling(making people want to come) to a new location

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Pull factors

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People who flee (leave) their home and go to find a new country to find a safer place to live

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Refugees

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A learned system of shared beliefs and customs (ways of doing things) that guides the way a person lives

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Culture

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The belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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Religions that seek followers all over the world

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Universalizing religions

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The belief in one

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Monotheism

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People whose mission or goal, is to try to get other people to believe in their religion

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Missionaries

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Branch of geography that studies people

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Demography

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The average number of people living in area usually described as person per square kilometer

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Population density

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The number of live births each year for every 1000 people living in a place

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Birthdate

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Total number of death each year for every 1000 people living in a place

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Death rate

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Behavior and actions that are a part of culture

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Culture traits

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Area of the world in which people share certain culture traits

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Culture region

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Groups of people who usually have the same culture and ancestry ( came from the same people a long time ago)

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Ethnic groups

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Changes to a language used in a certain region that make the language a little bit different

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Dialect

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

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Lingua Franca

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Religions found among people of one ethnic group that usually have not spread, or moved into other cultures

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Ethnic religions

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Religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature

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Animist religions