World Geography Chapter 4 Section 1+2 Vocab Terms 9th Grade – Flashcards
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Culture
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Is the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group
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Society
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A group that shares a geographic region, a sense of society of identity , and a culture
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Ethnic Group
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Used to refer to a specific group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage
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Innovation
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Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need
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Diffusion
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The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior
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Cultural hearth
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Is a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures
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Acculturation
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Occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation
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Dialect
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Reflects changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes
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Religion
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Consists of a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe
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Birthrate
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The number of live births each year per 1,000 people
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Fertility rate
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the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country
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Mortality rate
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Number of death during a specified period / number of people at risk of dying during the period (population
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Infant mortality rate
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A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population.
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Rate of natural increase
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birth rate minus the death rate, suggesting the annual rate of population growth without considering net migration
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Population pyramid
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A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.
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push-pull factors
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Conditions that draw people to another location (pull factors) or cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region (push factors)
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Population density
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A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land
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Carrying capacity
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Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
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Monotheistic
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Belief in one God
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Polytheistic
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Belief in many gods
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Animistic
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Belief in divine forces of nature
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Judaism
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Believes in one god; considered an ethnic religion with a long tradition of faith and culture tied tightly together; monotheistic religion
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Hinduism
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Believes in one or many gods, each whom represents an aspect of the divine spirit, Brahman; polytheistic religion
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Christianity
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Believes in one god; based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, whom followers believe was theSon of God; monotheistic religion
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Islam
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Believes in one god, called Allah; based on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad; monotheistic religion
