Ap Human Geography Chapter 2 Summary

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Agriculture- Practicing farming, to develope a variety of different kinds of products including crops and animals for a way to provide food. People use farming to make human development better and to be able to keep our human life. Cultures and climates have had different effects on the way different people practice farming.

Animism- Animism is the belief that objects from nature contain souls and exist apart from their bodies and that the most important principal in natural development is the nonessential spirt. The soul is the principle of life and health and having a soul allows non-living objects be conscious of life. For example, some animist religions say that inanimate objects from nature such as trees, flowers, and rocks have spirits.

Bureaucracy- A bureaucracy is a system of government where the decisions are made by state officials
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All qualified citizen are meant to involve themselves equally. The government sets up laws that the citizens have to follow. This term comes from the greeks which meant rule of people.

Demography- Demography is the study of the number of births, marriages, deaths, illnesses, and migration over a certain amount of time in human population. It is used all over the world in marketing and public opinion polling. Demographers focus on the reasons for immigration and emigration, why people have the amount of kids they have , and the factors leading to deaths. Understanding demography is very important for our current and future health needs.

Domestication- Domestication is the taming of living organisms at a genetic level to benefit humans. When an organism is domesticated, it loses its ability to live in the wild. Animals may be domesticated to be a pet or to be used for work. For example, horses are domesticated to work on farms and cats are domesticated to be

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