section 5 flash cards

Question 1

statistical study of human populations

Answer 1

demography

Question 2

the average number of people living in an area

Answer 2

population density

Question 3

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

Answer 3

birthrate

Question 4

total number of deaths each year for every 1.000 people in a place

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

Answer 6

emigrants

Question 7

people who come to a new country to live

Answer 7

immigrants

Question 8

factors causing people to leave a location

Answer 8

push factors

Question 9

factors attracting people to a new location

Answer 9

pull factors

Question 10

people who have been forced to leave an area

Answer 10

refugees

Question 11

all the features of a peoples way of life

Answer 11

culture

Question 12

learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in

Answer 12

culture traits

Question 13

an area in which people have many shared culture traits

Answer 13

culture region

Question 14

human populations that share a common culture or ancestry

Answer 14

ethnic groups

Question 15

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

Answer 15

acculturation

Question 16

new idea that a culture accepts

Answer 16

innovation

Question 17

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

Answer 17

diffusion

Question 18

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

Answer 18

globalization

Question 19

following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas

Answer 19

traditionalism

Question 20

movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principals or teachings

Answer 20

fundamentalism

Question 21

a regional variety of a language

Answer 21

dialect

Question 22

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

Answer 22

lingua franca

Question 23

religions found among people of one ethnic group and that generally have not spread into other cultures

Answer 23

ethnic religions

Question 24

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

Answer 24

animist religions

Question 25

the belief in many gods

Answer 25

polytheism

Question 26

religions that seek followers all over the world

Answer 26

universalizing religions

Question 27

the belief in one god

Answer 27

monotheism

Question 28

people whose goal it is to spread their religion

Answer 28

missionaries

Question 29

Islamic houses of worship

Answer 29

mosques

Question 30

religious journey to mecca required of the Muslims.

Answer 30

hajj