Basic Themes
How people change the earth, and how the earth changes how people live.
What is Human Enviornment Interaction (HEI)
How many people live in a certain area (often square miles or square kilometers)
What is population density?
The act of moving permanently to another state, country, or location with the intent to stay for a long time.
What is Migration?
The location where a cultural trait, idea, or innovation originates.
What is a hearth?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all this kind of religion
What is Monotheism/monotheistic?
An area unified by a shared characteristic like language, government, or landforms.
What is a Region?
The age groups of 0-15, and 64+, who often rely on the working age group to support them
What is the dependent population?
A variety of factors, such as war, famine, or a bad economy, that can force people to leave their homes
Diffusion that happens when immigrants bring their culture to a new place when they migrate
Relocation Diffusion
A belief held by both Hindus and Buddhists that life is an endless cycle of birth and rebirth
What is reincarnation?
A type of map that focuses on the Earth's natural features, like mountains, rivers, and oceans
What is a physical map?
The number of children a woman in a country is expected to have in her lifetime
What is Total Fertility Rate? (TFR)
A variety of factors, such as job opportunities, better education, or safety that can attract people to move to a location.
What is a pull factor?
Diffusion that happens when a popular trend spreads quickly by word of mouth or social media
Contagious Diffusion
The prophet and first leader of the Islamic faith, from Arabia, and the most important Muslim figure.
Who is Mohammed?
A type of map that shows governmental boundaries, including borders between countries, states, and cities
What is a political map?
A population pyramid with a very wide base and a very skinny top
This is a challenge that can stop a migrant from reaching their final destination
What is an intervening obstacle?
The blending of two or more cultural influences into a new, unique trait
What is syncretism?
These are the sacred Hindu texts?
What are the Vedas?
The world region that contained China, Mongolia, Japan, and North/South Korea
What is East Asia?
This statistic is the best indicator of a country's level of healthcare and nutrition
What is the infant mortality rate? (IMR)
Mexico, India, and China are the three largest sources of immigrants to this country
The United States
The language family that French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian are all part of
What is a Romance Language family?
This is a holy building in the Jewish Faith