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| Demography | The study of human populations, including their size, growth and distribution |
| PopulationDensity | The average number of people living in a given area |
| Birthrate | The number of live births each year per 1,000 people |
| Deathrate | The number of deaths each year per 1,000 people |
| Immigrant | A person who moves into a country |
| Emigrant | A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere |
| Urbanization | The growth of city populations |
| Rural | Of, or characteristic of, the countryside |
| Diffusion | The process of spreading cultural traits from one person or society to another |
| Acculturation | The process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging traits between cultures. |
| Sovereignty | A country's power to decide on policies and actions. |
| Unitary | A system in which one central government holds most of the political power. |
| Federal | Related to a union of states that recognize a single central government but retain certain powers for themselves. |
| Dictatorship | Government in which all power is held by one person. |
| Monarcy | Government headed by a king, queen, shah or sultan. |
| Democracy | Government in which the people choose their leaders. |
| Captialist | An economic system in which the means of production are controlled by private individuals or corporations. |
| Socialism | System in which government controls the production of most goods. |
| Totalitarianism | Government in which a central authority controls all aspects of society. |
| Communism | Economic system in which the government owns the means of production. |
