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GII
the gender Inequality index compares achievements between women and men in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor market.
IMR
infant Mortality Rate refers to the number of deaths for every 1,000 births
HDI
life expectancy, education, and money per capita. Rates countries. Human Development Index. The higher the score the better. The highest score is 1.
per capita
per person
GNP
the market value of goods and services produced by labor and property supplied by a country regardless of where they are located. Gross National Product.
GDP
the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders. Gross Domestic Product.
Dependent population
under 15, over 60. Non-working population.
RNI
difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year. Rate of Natural Increase.
Standards of living
the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
goals made to improve a country’s living conditions.
Pro-Natalist policy
Policies made to increase the fertility rate in an area.
Anti-Natalist policy
Policies made to decrease the fertility rate in an area.
Thomas Malthus
Neo-Maltuasians
Demographic Transition Model
Population Pyramid
Push Factors
things that make people want to leave the country.
Pull Factors
things that make people want to come to the country.
Ravensteins Laws of Migration
Refugee
a person who is forced to leave their country.
Asylum seeker
Internally displaced person
a person that is forced to leave their home but doesn’t go out of the country’s borders.
Cultural landscape
a cultural landscape is a term used to describe human activity in an environment.
Culture
the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, or a social group.
Cultural hearth
Where a certain culture is first born/found.
Local/Folk culture
isolated cultures with fewer followers, their own beliefs, and unique culture.
Popular culture
trendy, popular spread culture that has many followers and is almost globally spread.
Expansion diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Language family
Language tree
Language branch
Dialect
Lingua Franca
Pidgin language
Creole language
a stable natural language that develops from the simplifying and mixing of different languages into a new one.
Isogloss
Ethnic religion
Universalizing religion
