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20 Cards in this Set
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number of births per year for every 1000 people
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Birthrate
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number of deaths per year for every 1000 people
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Deathrate
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difference between an area's birthrate and its death rate.
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Natural Increase
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movement of people from place to place, must also be considered when examining population growth.
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Migration
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model used birthrates and deathrates to show change in the population trends of a country or region.
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Demographic transition
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Number of years it takes a population to double in size.
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Doubling time
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Pattern of humans settlement, is uneven as well.
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Population distribution
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Number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land.
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Population density
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Way of life of a group of languages having similar beliefs and customs.
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Culture
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Made up of people who share a common language, history, place of origion, or a combination of these elements.
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Ethnic Group
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Large groups of languages having simila roots.
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Language families
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Countries that have certain traits in common.
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Culture Region
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Process of spreading new knoledge from one culture to another.
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Culture diffusion
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Early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas.
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Culture Hearths
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Government gives all key proves to the national or centeral government.
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Unitary System
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Government divides the powers of government between the national government and stae or provinicial government.
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Federal System
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oldest and one of the most common forms of government.
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Autocracy
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Another form of autocractic government.
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Monarchy
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Any system of government in which a small group holds power.
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Oligatchy
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Any system of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens.
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Democracy
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