Culture
The total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group
culture
the number of live births each year per 1,000 people
birthrate
when a nation and a state occupy the same territory
nation-state
a political unit or community touching the borders of the central city
suburb
production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government
command economy
A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of those characteristics
ethnic group
the number of deaths per thousand
mortality rate
a nation or group without a territory to occupy
a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs
metropolitan area
production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers
market economy
The spread of ideas from one culture to another
diffusion
average number of people who live in a measurable area
population density
an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs
state
push-pull factors
the average amount of money earned by each person in a politican unit
per capita income
A site of innovation from which basic ideas and innovations diffuse out to many cultures
cultural hearth
a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population
population pyramid
a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity
nation
the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going such as power, communications, water, etc.
infrastructure
a resource that can never be replaced or is difficult to replace
nonrenewable resource
The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group by contant with another group
acculturation
population growth rate found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate
rate of natural increase
citizens hold political power, either direction or through elected representatives
democracy
3 basic land use patterns
residential, industrial, commercial
resources which are used for producing power and are the result of solar or planetary processes
inexhaustible energy source