Population Growth
What is one major cause of population growth mentioned in the reading?
A falling death rate
In a democracy, who holds the power?
The people
What does population density measure?
Number of people living within a square mile or kilometer
To emigrate means to do what?
Leave one's home to live in another place
What is the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people?
Culture
What is the term for the number of babies born compared to the total population?
A government ruled by a king or queen is called what?
a monarchy
What is the term for the geographic pattern of where people live on Earth?
Population distribution
What are push factors? (Do not list them, tell me the definition of a push factor)
Reasons that drive people away from an area
A group of people with a common racial, national, religious, or cultural background is called what?
an ethnic group
In some parts of Asia and Africa, doubling time can be as short as how many years?
25 years or less
What is a dictatorship?
A government where one person has absolute power
In Egypt, most of the population is concentrated along what physical feature?
The Nile River
People who flee a country because of violence or disasters are called what?
Refugees
A regional variety of a language with unique vocabulary or pronunciation is called a what? (soda or pop)
Dialect
According to the UN, the world’s population is predicted to peak at how many people by 2050?
9 Billion
Rights that belong to all individuals everywhere are called what?
Human Rights
About what percent of Earth’s surface is inhabitable land?
About 15%
What is the name of a huge cluster of cities with a very large population?
Megalopolis
What is one major element of culture that influences how people see the world?
Religion
What year did the world population pass 7 billion?
2012
Resources used to meet wants and needs that come from Earth such as water, plants, and animals are called what?
Natural Resources
These are regions where people choose to live because they have access to resources like water, fertile soil, or jobs.
Densley populated areas
What is the most common reason people migrate to cities?
To find (better) jobs
globalization is...
The process by which nations, cultures, and economies become mixed.