The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth
100
Agricultural Density
Agricultural Density The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
100
Culture
Culture The shared understandings that guide behavior and values and condition a group's perception of the world. Is learned from one generation to the net and evolves over time.
100
Ebonics
Ebonics Dialect spoken by some African Americans
100
Animism
Animism Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
200
Cartography
Cartography the science of mapmaking
200
Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
200
Culture region
Culture region a region defined by similar culture traits and cultural landscape features.
200
Franglais
Franglais A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language; a combination of francais and anaglais, the French words for "French" and "English," respectively.
200
Caste
Caste The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
300
Globalization
Globalization Greater cultural and economic interaction among people all over the world
300
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
300
Functional region
Functional reagion A region created by the interactions between a central node and surrounding locations.
300
Isogloss
Isogloss -A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
400
Location
Location The position that something occupies on Earth
400
Dependency Ratio
Dependency Ratio The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
400
folk culture
folk culture Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
400
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
400
Denomination
Denomination A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.
500
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing The acquisition of data from a satellite orbiting Earth or from another long-distance method
500
Physiological Density
Physiological Density The number of people supported by a unit area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.
500
popular culture
popular culture Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
500
Spanglish
Spanglish Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic Americans.
500
Ethnic religion
Ethnic religion A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.