section 5 flash cards
(30 cards)
statistical study of human populations
demography
the average number of people living in an area
population density
the number of live births each year for every 1,000 people living in a place
birthrate
total number of deaths each year for every 1.000 people in a place
death rate
the process of moving from one place to live in another
migration
people who leave a country to live somewhere else
emigrants
people who come to a new country to live
immigrants
factors causing people to leave a location
push factors
factors attracting people to a new location
pull factors
people who have been forced to leave an area
refugees
all the features of a peoples way of life
culture
learned activities and behaviors that people often take part in
culture traits
an area in which people have many shared culture traits
culture region
human populations that share a common culture or ancestry
ethnic groups
process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture
acculturation
new idea that a culture accepts
innovation
a process occurring when an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted
diffusion
the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike
globalization
following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas
traditionalism
movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principals or teachings
fundamentalism
a regional variety of a language
dialect
a language of trade and communication used by people who speak different languages
lingua franca
religions found among people of one ethnic group and that generally have not spread into other cultures
ethnic religions
religions in which people believe in the presence of the spirits and forces of nature
animist religions
