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21 Cards in this Set
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The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people.
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Death Rate
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The number of births per year for every 1,000 people.
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Birth Rate
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The growth rate of a population is the difference between an areas birth and death rate.
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Natural Increase
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Movement of people from place to place.
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Migration
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Model that uses birth and death rates to show changes 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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The pattern of human settlement.
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Population Distribution
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The 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 people who share similar beliefs and customs.
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Culture
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Large groups of languages having similar roots.
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Language Family
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People who share language, history, place of origin, or all.
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Ethnic Group
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Countries that have certain traits in common.
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Culture Region
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The process of spreading new knowledge from one culture to another.
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Cultural Diffusion
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World's first civilization arose.
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Cultural Hearths
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Gives all key powers to national or central.
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Unitary System
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Divides the power of government between the national, state, or provincial.
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Federal System
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Any system of government in which the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual.
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Autocracy
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Form of autocratic 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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Oligarchy
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Any system of government in which leaders rule with consent of citizens.
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Democracy
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Habit & custom determine roles for all economic activity.
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Traditional Economy
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