Population & Migration
This model explains how birth and death rates change over time.
What is the Demographic Transition Model?
A boundary where different languages meet.
What is a language boundary?
A boundary drawn based on human features like language or religion.
What is a cultural boundary?
This religion is the largest universalizing religion in the world.
What is Christianity?
A group of people with shared cultural traditions is known as this.
What is an ethnic group?
People moving for better jobs are experiencing this type of migration factor.
What is a pull factor?
The spread of cultural traits from one region to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
The UN is an example of this type of organization.
What is a supranational organization?
Hinduism is considered this type of religion because it is tied to a specific place.
What is an ethnic religion?
The belief that one’s nation is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
The maximum population size an environment can sustain.
What is carrying capacity?
English is considered this type of global language.
What is a lingua franca?
A state completely surrounded by another state.
What is an enclave?
The diffusion of Islam from Mecca outward is an example of this type of diffusion.
What is relocation diffusion?
The mass killing of an ethnic group is called this.
What is genocide?
This theory predicted population growth would outpace food supply.
What is Malthusian theory?
Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place, while this varies over time.
What is popular culture?
Redrawing voting districts to favor one party.
What is gerrymandering?
Jerusalem is considered this type of place because it is sacred to multiple religions.
What is a religious hearth?
When ethnic groups fight for independence, it is called this.
What is ethnic separatism?
Migration from rural to urban areas is known as this. (DAILY DOUBLE)
What is urbanization?
The world’s largest language family.
What is Indo-European?
This term describes a state that extends across multiple disconnected territories, like Indonesia or the Philippines.
What is a fragmented state?
This religion, founded in ancient Persia, teaches a cosmic struggle between good and evil, with Ahura Mazda as the supreme god.
What is Zoroastrianism?
The forced separation of races in South Africa was called this.
What is apartheid?