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World Geo: Chapter three test lessons 1-3

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Geographers divide the world into ________, which are areas in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems, and values.
culture regions
Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and Indo-European are examples of
language families
The enslavement of Africans who were then shipped to the Americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced
migration
The period in the 1700s and 1800s during which many countries experienced rapid cultural change as they developed power-driven machines and factories to mass-produce goods is known as the
Industrial Revolution
What is the term for a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or a place of origins?
Ethnic group
The rate of ______________________ is the growth rate of a population, or the difference between an areas birth rate and its death rate.
Natural increase
The _____________ is the number of years it takes for a population to double in size.
doubling time
Most of the world's industrailztion and technologically developed countries today have reached ________________, in which birth rate and death rate are equal.
0 population growth
In the late twentieth century some European countries reached ___________________, in which the annual death rate exceeds the annual birth rate.
Negative population growth.
"Push factors"—such as religious persecution or a lack of economic opportunity—are reasons people might decide to ________ from their native country.
to emigrate
A ________ is a person who has left his or her home country due to a crisis, such as war or famine.
Refugee
Even a country in which the birthrate and death rate are equal can experience population growth if it also has
immigration
Demography is the scientific study of
population
A system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
Autocracy
A system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
democracy
A system of government in which a hereditary king or queen holds supreme power
monarchy
A system of government in which a small group holds power
Oligarchy
A system of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired
Theocracy
A __________ boundary often follows straight lines and does not account for physical features.
geometric
Political boundaries, typically referred to as ________, can change due to wars or treaties.
borders
________ is a type of political conflict that inspires fear and includes any violent and destructive act committed to intimidate a people or government.
terrorism
__________ studies how factors such as a country's size, location, and resources influence politics.
Geopolitics
The _________ is an international organization dedicated to fostering cooperation in international law, interventional security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and aspirations to achieve world peace.
United Nations.
way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items
Culture
Group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, costumes, or place of origin
Ethnic group
The spread of culture traits, material, and non-material, from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
The movement of people from place to place
migration
The growth rate of a population; the difference between birth rate and death rate
natural increase
The average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land
population density
A diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender
population pyramid
Form of government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
unitary system
A form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen excerising supreme power
Monarchy
System of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired
Theocracy
System of government in which a small group holds power
Oligarchy
System of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
Autocracy
System of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
democracy
a fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
natural boundary
The enslavement of African Americans who were shipped to the americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced
Migration
What is the term for a group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin?
ethnic group
A person who has left his or her home country due to a crisis, such as war or famine
refugee
Even a country in which the birthrate and death rate are equal can experience population growth if it also has
immigration
Demography is the study of
population
_________ is a type of political conflict that inspires fear and includes any violent and destructive act
Terrorism
__________ studies how factors such as a country's size, location and resources influence politics
Geopolitics
A political boarder that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a ____________
Natural boundary
What of the following terms refer to early centers of civilization whose ideas and practice spread surrounding areas
Cultural hearth
division of the Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems, and values
culture region
way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items
culture
group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language
language family
group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin
ethnic group
the spread of culture traits, material and non-material, from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward
culture hearth
number of births per year for every 1,000 people
birthrate
number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
death rate
the growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate
natural increase
the movement of people from place to place
migration
the model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time
demographic transition
the number of years it takes for a population to double in size
doubling time
a diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender
population pyramid
the variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world
population distribution
the average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land
population density
form of government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
unitary system
form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and state or provincial governments
federal system
system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
Autocracy
a form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power
monarchy
system of government in which a small group holds power
Oligarchy
system of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired
Theocracy
system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
democracy
a fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
natural boundary
a geographical boundary between two different cultures
cultural boundary
a boundary that follows a geometric pattern
geometric boundary
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