BJU Cultural Geography Chapter 5

A person's set of beliefs about his purpose in life, which influences everything he does and expresses the culture?

How many major language families are there?

Groups of languages that share many common characteristics

A state's strategy or set of guiding principles for dealing with other states is called its

Countries with dictatorial governments that force their people to revere and worship the supreme dictator are said to be

The official records of births, marriages, divorces, and deaths are called

What term means a state's unlimited authority to run affairs within its own borders?

What is an official government count of an entire population?

What is the art of negotiating agreements between nations?

A society's total way of life

What two significant international organizations were created in the 1940s? (Choose 2)

Led by an elected leader

Calculated in terms of annual national defense spending, which country is the world's only superpower today?

A ruler receives authority from birth and rules as he pleases.

Christ's command for believers to spread the gospel throughout the earth's peoples is the

The foundation of culture

What word means a unique speech pattern within a single language?

A unique pattern of speech within a single language family is a(n)

The foundation of society

The number of years a person can expect to live is called his

What word describes governments that are elected by the people?

What is the study of human populations?

Which principle states that all people have a right to determine the type of government they will have?

Parents and their children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins

List the three ways by which one state can influence its neighboring states. (Choose 3)

What are the world's three largest organized religions today?

One of the most widely recognized volunteer organizations in the world is the

Which of the following is not a type of boundary discussed in Chapter 5 of the Geography student text?

Which country has the greatest annual military expenditures?

What term describes the result of subtracting a state's crude death rate from its crude birth rate?

Rule by the authority of the military

The man who proposed in 1798 the erroneous theory that the land could not continue to supply sufficient food for the wor

A group of people comprising a nation who have established their own government is a