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Culture |
the way of life of a group of people who sharesimilar beliefs and customs |
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Language Family |
large group of languages having similar roots |
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Culture Region |
geographers divide the Earth into specific areas |
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Cultural Diffusion |
The spread of new knowledge from one culture toanother |
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Culture Hearth |
early centers of civilization whose ideas andpractices spread to surrounding areas |
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Globalization |
theprocess by which the countries of the world have experienced greater connectivity. |
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Connectivity |
thedegree of connection between people, places, and things. |
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Standard of Living |
thelevel of wealth, goods, and necessities available—for people in poorercountries |
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Outsourcing |
settingup businesses abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale |
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Pandemics |
thespread of disease across a large area or even the world |
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What are the elementsof culture? |
Language
Religion Social System Governments Economic Activities |
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Birthrate |
thenumber of births per year for every 1,000 people. |
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Death rate |
thenumber of deaths per year for every 1,000 people |
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Natural Increase |
thegrowth rate of a population, is the difference between an area’s birthrate andits death rate |
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Migration |
movementof people from place to place, must also be considered when examiningpopulation changes |
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Demographic Transition |
modeluses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regionscan change over time |
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Doubling time |
the number of years it takes apopulation to double in size, has been reduced to below 50 years in some partsof Asia, Africa, and Latin America. |
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Population pyramid |
population structure that sees if the world’spopulation is unevenly distributed by age. |
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Population Distribution |
pattern of human settlement. |
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Population Density |
thenumber of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land` |
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The DemographicTransition Model |
o Birthrateo Death rageo Natural increaseo Migration |
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Zero population growth |
thebirthrate and death rate are equal |
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Unitary System |
givesall key powers to the national or central government |
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Federal System |
dividesthe powers of government between the national government and state orprovincial governments |
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Autocracy |
Anysystem of government in which the power and authority to rule belongs to asingle individual |
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Monarchy |
aking or queen exercises the supreme powers of government |
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Oligarchy |
anysystem of government in which a small group holds power. |
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Theocracy |
isa government of officials believed to be divinely inspired |
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Democracy |
any system of government in whichleaders rule with the consent of the citizens. |
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Natural boundary |
follows physical geographic featuressuch as mountains and rivers. |
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Cultural boundary |
geographicallydivide two identifiable cultures |
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Geometric boundary |
often follow straight lines and do notaccount for natural and cultural features |
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Totalitarian dictatorship |
decisions of a single leader determinegovernment policies. i.e. Adolf Hilter/Nazi Germany, Saddam Hussein/Iraq, Raul Castro/Cuba and KinJong/North Korea |
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Absolute monarchs |
complete and unlimited power to rule |
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Constitutional monarchs |
share governmental powers with electedlegislatures i.e.United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Jordan, and Thailand |
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Nationalism |
abelief that the individual’s loyalty and devotion to the nation or statesurpasses other individual or group interests. |