Chapter 4 Vocabulary - The Human World

The number of years it takes for a population to double in size

Group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs or places of origin.

The degree of connection or separation between people, places and things

Division of Earth in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems and values

Setting up businesses abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale.

A way of life a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs and customs

The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people

The average number of people living on a square mile or a square kilometer of land

Movement of people from place to place

The spread of cultural traits, material and non-material, from one culture to another.

The variations in population that occur across a country, a continent or world

The number of births per year for every 1000 people

A center where cultures developed and form which ideas and traditions spread outward

Group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language

A diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender

The level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people to live.

The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact.

The spread of diseases across a large area or even the world