A | B |
Urbanization | The rapid growth of cities |
Population Density | The average number of people living in a square kilometer |
Declining Date Rates | One reason for rapid population growth |
Internal Migration | Moving from place to place in the same country |
Pull factor | Something that attracts immigrants to another place |
Push Factor | Some factors that convince people to leave their homes |
Refugees | People who are forced to leave their country to escape wars, persecution, or disasters |
Ethnic Group | People who share the same language, history, religion, and physical traits |
Globalization | The development of a worldwide culture with an interdependence economy |
Cultural diffusion | Spreading ideas, customs, and language from one culture to another |
Civilizations | Highly developed cultures |
Dialect | A local variation of a language |
Culture | Many shared characteristics that define a group of people |
Renewable | Resources like wind, water, and forest |
Nonrenewable | Resources like iron ore, coal, and gas that are limited in supply |
Quota | Limit on how much of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation |
Emigration | To leave one's home country to move to another |
Archaelogist | Look at physical objects, such as food and housing, to study a culture |
Culture Region | An area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits |
Natural Resources | Materials from the Earth that people use to meet their needs. |