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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tradition | a specific practice of long standing |
| Demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| Transculturation | cultural borrowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact |
| Liechtenstein | a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland |
| Isoglosses | the limits of areal extent of particular words |
| Toponymy | the study of place names |
| Sovereignty | ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
| Humanism | non-religious ideology |
| Textiles | labor intensive industry that considers the cost of labor especially important in making location decisions |
| Eventually Industrialize | demographic transition theory assumes that all countries will... |
| Wet Rice | a crop commonly associated with intensive subsistence farming |
| Devolution | the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) |
| Aimism | the belief that inanimate objects have spirits and concious life |
| Maquiladora | Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico. |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| Warsaw Pact | this regional oragization no longer exists |
| Linear Village | village arranged in a line..... |
| Hierarchical Diffusion | The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places |
| illiberal Democracy | A procedural democracy, with elections, but without real competition, and lacking some civil rights and liberties. |
| Migration Selectivity | Only people exhibiting certain characteristics in a population choosing to migrate. |
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