Culture
a society's total way of life
what is culture?
the state has no form of governing authority
what is anarchy?
the primary means of transmitting culture
what is language
the official records of births, marriages, divorces and deaths are called this
what is vital statistics?
land that can be cultivated for the growth of crops.
what is arable land?
formal organizations by which society transmits traditions
what are institutions?
an authoritarian person rules by the authority of the military
what is a dictatorship?
a distinct speech pattern with in a language family
what is a dialect?
boundaries that follow lines of latitude and longitude
What are geometric boundaries
the study of human populations and their characteristics
what is demography?
a large group of people with a common history and language who have developed a strong sense of identity.
the government decides on most details of the peoples
what is totalitarian government?
the most prominent of the 10 language families, accounting for nearly 1/2 of the world's total population
What is Indo-European?
the two kinds of political boundaries that separate neighboring countries
what are natural boundaries and geometric boundaries?
this term denotes the rise of large cities at the expense of the rural areas
what is urbanization?
this type of culture tends to glorify the group
in this government the power of the monarchy is limited by law
what is constitutional monarchy?
the language with the most speakers today
a state's strategy or set of guiding principles for dealing with other states
what is foreign policy?
the average number of people who live on each square mile of land
customs or usages that society passes from one generation to the next
what are traditions?
a large group of people with a common history and language who have developed a strong sense of identity is called this
what is a nation?
groups of languages that share common characteristics
what is a language family?
this country has the lowest infant mortality rate
what is Singapore?
this entity is the foundation of society
what is the family?