world geography chapter 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Birthrate | Number of live births each year per 1,000 people. |
| Culture Hearth | Area where cultural ideas begin and from which they spread. |
| Sovereignty | A country's freedom from outside control. |
| Diffusion | Process by which cultural traits move from one culture to another. |
| Population Density | Average number of people in a square mile or a square kilometer. |
| Monarchy | Authoritarian government in which people inherit their positions. |
| Emigrant | Person who leaves a country to live elsewhere. |
| Confederation | Type of government in which local governments retain most power/sovereignty and give central government limited power. |
| Cultural Divergence | The restriction of a culture from outside influences. |
| Federation | a government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities, social process where culture is city oriented |
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