Population and Culture
About this set
Created by:
PrincessPi on October 3, 2010
Subjects:
Description:
*Please note that some terms may be missing. Coach Grigg told us to omit some terms. :)
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
52 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 culture | the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group |
| cultural trait | the single elements of normal practice in culture examples: private space, hand gestures, eye contact, greetings |
| culture realm | a group of culture regions that share a common culture system |
| environmental determinism | physical environment shapes a culture |
| possibilism | culture shapes the environment |
| cultural hearth | a region where cultural traits developed; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures |
| cultural innovation | the use of existing technology to create something new |
| artifacts | tangible aspects of culture |
| sociofacts | social behaviors of a culture |
| mentifacts | ideas, values, beliefs of a culture |
| cultural diffusion | a culture spreads around |
| acculturation | dominant culture replaces local culture |
| transculturation | two strong cultures blend |
| society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
| popular culture | mass produced things that aren't traditional |
| folk culture | homemade things that are traditional |
| language group | set of languages with a relatively similar common origin and many similar characteristics |
| language family | broadest way to study language. example: Indo-European |
| standard language | the accepted form of a language (the perfect way to speak a language, no slang). example: news, courtroom |
| dialect | variations in vocabulary, punctuation, etc; often an indicator of class |
| pidgin | a mixed version of two languages used in informal exchanges between people speaking different languages. example: minor business transactions |
| creole | when pidgin becomes the primary language. example: Louisiana |
| lingua franca | a third language adopted by two groups speaking different languages. countries that have been colonized often use the language of the colonized country as the lingua franca |
| toponym | a location named for a person, place, or thing |
| globalization | a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology |
| monotheistic | belief of one god |
| polytheistic | belief of several gods |
| animistic | belief of natures/spirits |
| universalizing religion | a religion that seeks to convert |
| ethnic religion | a religion that people are born into (does not seek to convert) example: Hindu, Judaeism |
| Judaeism | origin: Southwest Asia; modern location: Israel, US, Europe |
| Christianity | origin: Southwest Asia; modern location: North America, South America, Europe |
| Islam | origin: Southwest Asia; modern location: North Africa, Southwest Asia, South/southeast Asia |
| Hinduism | origin: South Asia; modern location: India |
| Buddhism | origin: South Asia; modern location: South Asia, East Asia |
| birthrate | the number of live births per thousand |
| fertility rate | the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country |
| rate of natural increase | the rate at which population is growing. (birthrate - mortality rate). also called the population growth rate |
| infant mortality rate | the number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births |
| demographic momentum | a large population of young people means that when they get older and have babies, the population will boom |
| doubling time | the time it takes for population to double |
| push factor/ pull factor | factors that cause people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region. examples: drought, other natural disasters, war, religious or ethnic persecution / factors that attract people to another location. examples: good economic opportunities, high salaries, favorable climate |
| demographic transition model | a model that describes population over time |
| carrying capacity | the number of organisms a piece of land can support |
| world population | 6.7 billion |
| Thomas Malthus | a man who figured out that: population grows exponentially; food supply grows arithmetically; population will exceed carrying capacity if unregulated; famine, disease, war, etc. brings population back to food supply; sterilize the poor, don't help the poor it will only add to their numbers |
| population pyramid | a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population |
| emigration | the act of leaving a specific place |
| immigration | the act of entering a specific place |
| China's One Child Policy | an example of anti natal policy |
| dependency ratio | comparing the number of people too old to work to the number of people too young to work |
| population density | the average number of people who live in a measurable area, (amount of land/number of inhabitants) |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.