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| culture | is the total of knowledge, attitudes, & behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. |
| society | a group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity and a culture |
| ethnic group | a specific group that shares a language, customs,and a common heritage |
| innovation | taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need |
| diffusion | the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior. |
| cultural hearth | site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuses to many cultures. |
| acculturation | occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation. |
| dialect | versions of a language |
| religion | a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe |
| birthrate | the number of live births per thousand population. |
| fertility rate | shows the average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime. |
| mortality rate | death rate, number of deaths per thousand people. |
| infant mortality rate | number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births |
| rate of natural increase | population growth rate |
| population pyramid | a graphic device that shows sex and age distribution of a population |
| push-pull factors | factors that cause people to leave their homeland & migrate to another region |
| population density | the average number of people who live in a measurable area, such as a square mile. |
| carrying capacity | number of organisms a piece of land can support |
