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Culture Unit
Key terms
Term | Definition |
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world population | total number of people spread over the Earth's surface |
population distribution | how population is spread across the world |
demographer | a scientist who studies population |
population density | the average number of people who live in a square mile |
birthrate | the number of live births each year per 1000 people |
death rate | number of deaths each year per 1000 people |
life expectancy | the average number of years that people live |
migration | moving from one place to another |
immigrants | people who leave one country and move to another |
push pull theory | demographers use this to explain why people move |
urbanization | movement of people to cities and the growth of cities |
rural | villages in the countryside |
urban | city like areas |
culture | way of life of a group of people |
cultural traits | distinct skills, customs, and ways of doing things |
culture region | an area in which people share the same cultural traits |
technology | tools and skills that people can use to make life easier |
cultural landscape | changes people make to their environment |
institution | an organization in a society |
social structure | the way of organizing people into groups |
nuclear family | parents and their children |
extended family | includes parents, grandparents and other relatives |
ethics | standards of accepted behavior |
economy | system for producing,distributing, and consuming goods and services |
traditions | customs that survive from one generation to the next |
customs | special practices that are common to one group of people |
values | beliefs about what is good, desirable, and worth holding on to |
basic needs | things that cultures need to survive |
language | a way of communicating and a system of writing |
government | made up of a person of group of people who make laws, decisions for war and collect taxes |
education | teach people about religion, science, math, history, etc. |
religion | what people believe in and how they worship their god(s) |
recreation | things people do for fun |
family patterns | the ways that families are set up |