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| culture | THe way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language, religion, customs, and beliefs |
| population density | The average number of people living in a given area |
| birthrate | The number of live births each year per 1,000 people |
| immigrant | A person who moves into a country |
| emigrant | A person who leaves the country to live elsewhere |
| urbanization | The growth of city populations |
| rural | Of, or characteristic of, the countryside |
| diffusion | The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual to another |
| sovereignty | A country's freedom and power to decide on policies and actions |
| dictatorship | A system of government in which absolute power is held by a small group or one person |
| monarchy | A system of authoritarian government headed by a monarch-a king, queen, shah, or sultan- whose position is usually inherited |
| democracy | A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy |
| traditional economy | An economic system in which families produce goods and services for their own use, with little surplus and exchange of goods; also known as a subsistence economy |
| market economy | An economic system in which decisions about production, price, and other economic factors are determined by the law of supply and demand |
| command economy | An economic system that is controlled by a single central government |
| population | The number of people that live in a designated area. |
| social groups | A way of group people from a society to study trends and patterns. |
| ethnicity | People who share similar racial backgrounds. |
| dialect | Different version of a common langauge. |
| religion | belief in a higher power. |
| daily life | the Cultural groups of traditional food, dress and shelter. |
| history | Events from the past that have shaped a societies present. |
| government | Provide law and order to a society. |
| economy | how a society earns the things they need to survive. |
| art | Expresses the passions and emotions of a society. |
