APHG- Fall Midterm Review

religions that seek to proselytize, such as Christianity, Islam, or Buddhism

birth rate- death rate =

factors that motivate or encourage a person to leave their home

theory that states that physical geography can limit the possibilities of a culture but it doesn’t control them

When a society adopts the cultural trait(s) of another society

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions

Government by a single person having unlimited power.

argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence

Ratio of dependent people (not of working age) over the number of people of working age.

number of deaths per 1000 population

spread of ideas through an established structure, such as large cities to small cities

an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

grouping like people together to benefit the party in power

The population density, measured as the number of people per unit area of land

a region that has at least one similar physical or cultural trait that unifies it

spread of a cultural element or idea through a population

Government by the wealthy.

policies that discourage births

A government ruled or subject to religious authority

first law to limit immigration in the United States

number of live births per 1000 population

When a person migrates and takes on the culture of their new area

a region within a state that has the ability to self-govern

an area defined by a person’s beliefs , created by an individual’s own associations and attachment to the area

supreme power

factors that attract people to a certain area

occurs when people migrate and take their cultural attributes with them

average number of children a woman will have during her child bearing years

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

The size of the unit being studied or referenced; synonymous with aggregation

average age a person is expected to live until

a foreigner who is permitted to work in a country on a temporary basis

a group of people with a common culture that live across multiple states

blending traits from two or more cultures

The population density measured as the number of farmers per unit area of arable land

error resulting from trying to represent the round, nearly spherical earth on a flat plane or map

Shows how birth and death rate change, as a country goes through different stages of development

The total population in proportion to the area of arable land

the theory that the climate and the physical landscape of an area greatly affect the behavior and culture of the people

a language used as a form of communication by people whose native languages are different, such as Kiswahili in Africa

when people are forced to leave their homeland

a group of people with common culture who are tied to a specific territory and have political sovereignty

human movement within a nation-state

spread of idea through a group of people or an area equally without regard to social class or power

Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives

pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along, through previous social relationships with other migrants

Successive societies leave their imprint, contributing to the greater cultural landscape

maximum size a population can be sustained in the environment

a state containing multiple culture groups

an area with certain activity that unifies it, which contains at least one node that is the center of activity

when an idea diffuses from its hearth, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters

Religions such as Judaism and Hinduism

group of people with common cultural characteristics

The process whereby distances become ‘shortened in time’ as the speed of modes of transportation increases.