Term
|
Definition
| the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed in by the members of a specific group |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a group that shares a geographic region, a sense o identity and a culture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a group that shares a language, customs and a common heritage |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when society changes because it accepts or adopt an innovation (wearing jeans) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reflects changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| consists of a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| or traditional, often with a belief in devine forces in nature |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| oldest of southwest asia religions, concentrated in israel, followers are called jews, established 3200 years ago, oldest monotheistic, teachings come from torah, holy book. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 2,000 years old, jesus christ is son of god, teachings of jesus are recorded in new testament of bible (the holy book), believers are on every continent. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| third religion originated in southwest asia, based on the teachings of muhammed, began teaching around 613 AD, followers are known as muslims, followers worship "allah" (god), holy book is known as Qur'an, two divisions sunni and shiite. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| oldest religion, 5,000 years old, concentrated in india, considered polytheistic, believe in many or one god, which all represent an aspect of the devine spirit, brahman, caste system levels of fixed social classes with specific rites and duties. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 563 b.c. originiated in india, Buddha rejected the caste system and tried to promote living trying to reach an enlightened spiritual state called nirvana |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| live births per thousand population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| average number a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| number of deaths per thousand people |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| number of deaths among infants under age one / thousand births |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| subtract mortality rate from birth rate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a graph showing sex and age distribution of a population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 20 degrees north and 60 degrees north are home to two thirds of the population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
push - cause people to leave (political, war, persecution.
pull - draw or attract people to another location (good economy, high salaries, good climate) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| how heavily a place is populated average number of people who live in a measureable area |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| number of organisms a piece of land can support |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| independent unit that occupies a territory that has full control of its internal and external affairs (AKA country) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having strong sense of unity |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when nation and state occupy the same territory |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| citizens hold political power (united states) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a ruling family holds political power (UK) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| individual or group holds complete political power (North Korea) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| all political power and production are held by government in the name of its people |
|
|
Term
| geographic characteristics of nations |
|
Definition
size, shape, and location.
size- larger = more power
shape - how easily it can be governed
location - landlocked must find ways to build connections to rest of world |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| study of how people use space in cities |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| center of business and culture, birthplace of innovation and change in a society |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| areas around central city or political units touching suburbs that border the city |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| city, suburbs, and exurbs linked together |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rise in the number of cities and changes in lifestyle |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
residential - housing
industrial - manafacturing
commercial - private businesses and selling retail products |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| production/exchange of goods and services among a group of people |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
traditional - goods are traded without exchanging money
command economy - determined by central government owns the means of production (planned economy)
market economy - production of goods and services are determined by demand from consumers (capitalism)
mixed economy - a combonation of command market economies provides goods and services so that all people will benefit |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| things such as trees, fish, coal, that have economic value |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| things needed to keep an economy going including power, communications, transportation, water, ect. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit |
|
|
Term
| GNP (gross national product) |
|
Definition
| total value of all goods and services produced by a country over a year |
|
|
