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Demography
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Study of human statistics
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Population density
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Average number of people per square mile
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Birth rate
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Number of births each year for every 1000 people living in a place
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Death rate
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NUmber of deaths each year for every 1000 people living in a place
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Migration
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Process of moving from one place to live in another
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Emigrants
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People who leave to live somewhere else
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Push Factor
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Causes people to leave a location
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Pull Factor
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Causes people to come to a location
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Refugees
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People who have been forced to leave their homes and cannot return
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Cultural Traits
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Activities and behavior that people often partake in
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Culture region
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An area in which people have many shared culture traits
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Ethnic Group
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A human population that shares a common culture or ancestry
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Acculturation
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When an individual or group adopts the culture traits from other cultures
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Diffusion
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When an idea or innovation spreads from one person or group to another and is adopted.
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Gloablization
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Connections around the world increase aand cultures become more alike
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Traditionalism
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Following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas
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Fundamentalism
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movement in which people believe in strcityl followin certain principles or teachings
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Lingua Franca
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Language of trade and communication
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Dialect
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Regional variety of a language
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Animist religions
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People believe in the prescence of spirits and forces of nature
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Universalizing religions
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A religion that seeks followers all around the world
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Monotheism
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The belief in one god
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Missionaries
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People who help spread the religion
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