Misc.
Shows the relationship of something on a map to the real distance on the earth's surface
Map Scale
Imaginary horizontal lines on a map that help determine location
Latitude
Something that drives someone to leave the place where they are living to live somewhere else.
Push Factor
Frequent repetition of an act to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group of people performing the act.
Custom
A political unit that has power over a geographic territory which is defined by borders and contains a population
State
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Immigration
Imaginary vertical lines on a map that help determine location.
Longitude
Positive things that influence people to move to a new place.
Pull Factor
A set of practices, beliefs, artistic outputs, and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given time.
Pop Culture
The ability of a state to govern itself
Sovereignty
Someone who is forced to migrate, usually for political reasons.
Refugee
The scientific method of transferring locations of Earth's surface to a flat map
Distortion
The movement from rural to urban areas
Urbanization
The physical items that a society gives value to
Material Culture
Patriotic feeling/pride for ones own country
Nationalism
The idea that the further away something is, the less likely an idea/person will spread.
Distance decay
The process of different cultures becoming integrated with one another
Globalization
Involuntary migration of a group of people from their home country.
Forced Migrant
traditional practices, beliefs and customs of small, often rural groups typically passed down through generations.
Folk Culture
A territory ruled by another country, usually for an economic gain.
Colony
Measures the average yearly income of a state.
GNI or Gross National Income
The process by which characteristics spread across space from one place to another over time.
Diffusion
The extent of spread or clustering of people across a given area.
Population concentration/Population density
A regional variation of a language/distinct vocabulary
Dialect
A state who's population is made up entirely by one nationality.
Nation State