Population
What is the definition of death rate?
The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
T/F The world's population is evenly distributed
False
The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs.
What is culture
Recent advances in communications and technology have helped break down barriers between culture regions. The result is....
What is globalization
Materials from the Earth that people use to meet their needs (be specific)
What are natural resources
The most populous country in the world
What is China
The growth of cities
what is urbanization
Name two ways that geographers study culture
What are food and housing (physical objects), religion, social groups, types of government and economics
The process of spreading ideas, languages, or customs from one culture to another
What is cultural diffusion
The sun the wind and the water are what type of resources?
What is renewable resources
The region that is expected to have the greatest population growth in the next 45 years
What is Africa
Give two reasons why people move (migrate)
What are war, persecution, natural disaster, limited farmland or jobs
What are job opportunities, better standard of living
A group that shares a language, history, religion and some physical traits
What is an ethnic group
An area that includes different countries that share similar cultural traits
What is culture region
A region of the world that consumes the least energy
What are Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
(I'll accept Africa)
Name two challenges of population growth
What are famine (severe lack of food), shortages of water or housing. Lack of services (hospitals)
Migration also affects the country to which people move. Immigrants bring with them new forms of what?
What is music, art, foods and language
Name two major world religions
What are Buddhism (385 million), Christianity(2.2 billion), Hinduism(875 million), Islam (1.4 billion), Judaism (15.2 million)
Cultural changes can occur in different ways, name 2
What are inventions, innovations, technological improvements, and the influence of other cultures through diffusion or conquest
Name one of the developed countries and what makes it a developed country
What are United States, France and Japan
A country with a mix of agriculture, a great deal of manufacturing, and service industries (banking and health care) These countries rely on new technologies and usually have higher incomes
Land covers only about what % of the earth's surface
What is 30 %
Why might it benefit developed countries to help poorer countries?
Developed countries might benefit through trade. Labor and startup costs are often cheaper in developing countries
Name one type of Government
What is a democracy (power held by the people)
What is a dictatorship (the dictator rules by force)
What is a monarchy (government led by the king or queen)
How do local and national differences affect culture on a regional or global level?
What is the movement of people to neighboring areas changes the culture of those areas
How does the distribution of natural resources relate to the world trade
Nations with many natural resources export those goods to nation with few natural resources