Global Connections Chapter 5

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How do geographers study population?

Back 1

By using maps, graphs, tables, population pyramids, and spatial perspective.

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What are some important trends in world population?

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some important trends are: 1) that the population in each country has increased by alot over the last 200 yrs.2) birthrates has dropped in recent years 2) death rate has dropped b/c medicine is better
OVERPOPULATION - world can't accomodate so many people

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demography

Back 3

the study of human populations.

Front 4

population density

Back 4

the number of people living in a area
- usually measured in a table or map
- if you have alot of people more dense then with less people
- usuall measured by Scuare mile or square km.

Front 5

population distribution

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People are spread across the world.
ex. 90% of pople are in the northern hemisphere.
- The earth is not balanced with people.
- alot of people are crowded in one location and in a location there could be barley any people.

Front 6

population change

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three major factors
-birthrate
-death rate
-migration

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Birthrate

Back 7

number of birth per year for every 1000 people living in a place.

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Death rate

Back 8

total number of deaths for every 1000 people.

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Migration

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When people move from one country to another.

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Emigrants

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people who migrate
- try to live somewhere else.

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Demographic transition

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a model that shows how birthrates and death rates dropped in western countries as they developed economies and industries.

Front 12

Why do population density vary greatly among the world's coiuntries?

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b.c places have different terrains making living more difficult or easier and people settle in the easier places to live

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Why is the world's population so unevenly distributed?

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People tend to live in areas favorable toward settlements (warm weather, fertile lands, etc)

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What kinds of factors cause migration?

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pull and push factors
push factors- make people wanna move some were else.
ex. Cuba because there is a dictator
pull factors- make people want to go to that country.
ex. U. S. becuase has mountains and great amounts of water.

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Where are the highest rates of natural increase?

Back 15

Africa and Southwest Asia

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How do geographers study culture?

Back 16

looking at the traits.
- language
- clothing
- religion
- economics
family life
food
governement

Front 17

How do cultures change over time?

Back 17

many reasons
- new clothing styles
- new food types
-tastes
-personal values.

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Culture

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the features of peoples life.

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Culture traits

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- Traits passed down from parent to kid.
- learning to read
-doing math

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Culture Regions

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An area in which people have many shared culture traits.

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acculturation

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when an individual or group adopts some of the traits to another culture.

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Innovation

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new ideas that a culture accepts.

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What are the 2 conepts that helps you understand how culture changes?

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innovation and diffusion

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Diffusion

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when an idea spreads throughout a person then is adopted my another culture.
-newspapers, internet, etc help diffussion
- mountains, deserts - create barriers

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Expansion Diffusion

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when a new idea spreads through society.

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Relocation diffusion

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When people move to new places and spread their traits to the new places

- helps spread languages and religions

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Gloablization

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connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike.

(ex - everyone around the world now eats McDonalds)

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traditionalism

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following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas.

(the opposite of globalization)

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fundamentalism

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when a person strictly follows principles or teachings.

- very conservative movement - people that don't like modern cultures and want to follow old rules

Front 30

What are some statistics that population geographers and demographers use to study populations?

Back 30

wait - 5-1

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What are the 4 great clusters of world population?

Back 31

see diagram in page 88

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how do general processes such as migration, war and trade cause cultural change?

Back 32

wait - p 96

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hierarchical diffusion

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when traits spread from a place of big importance and power to one smaller

- this is how fashion usually spreads

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what are the different types of diffusion

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1. expansion diffusion -idea spreads in 1 society
2.relocation diffusion - idea spreads when people move
3. hierarchical diffusion -ideas go from big to small places

Front 35

globalization vs traditionalism

Back 35

different ideas

globalization - willing to adopt new ideas and new ways

traditionalism - wants to keep old time traditions

Front 36

What is the geography of the world languages?

Back 36

the spatial characteristics.

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What are the three main religions that geopgraphers identify?

Back 37

Ethnic religions, animist religions, and universalizing religions.

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Dialect

Back 38

regional variety of a language

Front 39

What is the language spoken the most?

Back 39

Mandarin

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lingua franca

Back 40

a language of trade and communitcation.

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Ethnic Religions

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made of
-old beliefs
- legends
- customs

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animist religions

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beliefs of
- spirits
- forces of nature

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Polytheism

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the belief of many gods.

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univeraslizing religions

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Christianity and Islam
-more then half the world

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monothiesm

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the belief if on god

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missionaries

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people who help spread the religion

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mosques

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house of worship

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hajj

Back 48

the journey to mecca