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About 50 percent of the world's people speak an __ language

The birthrate tends to decrease when people switch to a modern urban society

The farther into the future a population projection is made, the more reliable it is

Which of the following is not a common cause of culture change?

South America and Africa have the world's highest rates of population density

The spread of an idea or innovation through a society is a

Which of the following could be an example of a push factor?

A special religious journey to Mecca is called a mission

The promise of free land to farmers in a different country is an example of a push factor

When the death rate falls and the birthrate remains high, the total population increases

Individuals who help spread a religion are

English as the official language of Australia is an example of relocation diffusion

The belief in many gods is called

____ is a movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles and teachings

A culture region is an area in which people have many shared culture traits

Which of the following is not a culture trait

About two thirds of the world population live in the middle latitudes

An ethnic group is a human population that shares a common birthrate

The spread of new fashions from the big city to small towns is an example of

Which type of religion is currently experiencing rapid growth?

The total population of Earth is more than 10 billion people

The number of births each year for every 1,000 people living is called the birthrate

The increase in connections between cultures around the world is called

The language with the most speakers is

About what percentage of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere?

During the third stage of a demographic transition, the death rate begins to fall

Culture traits can often be linked

Islamic houses of worship are called ____

Which of the following factors is not reflected in population density?

Japan and Canada have both reached the third stage of the demographic transition

The opposite of globalization is traditionalism

Natural increase is based solely on

Which of the following religions is not an ethnic religion?

Which of the following factors does not affect population?

The highest natural increases in population are found in Africa and South America

Both Christianity and Islam are examples of ethnic religions

The followers of ethnic religions do not seek to convert people to their beliefs

How is population density expressed?

Diffusion is the process of moving from one place to another

Physical geography can affect the routes of migration

Population geographers study the relationships between populations and their environments

The earliest migrations took place 1 to 2 million years ago and came out of Asia

The English language can be traced to primarily what language?

Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their homes and cannot return

Confucianism is an example of a universalizing religion