Elements of Culture
A belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe
What is religion?
The number of organisms a piece of land can support
What is carrying capacity?
Factors that cause people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region.
What are push factors?
The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result
What is urbanization?
The study of how goods and services are produced and distributed by a country
What is economic geography?
Food, shelter, religion, relationships to family & others, language, education, security/protection, political & social organization, and creative expression
What are the elements of culture?
26.8 people per square mile
How is population density is expresed?
An independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs.
What is a state?
The total value of goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time
What is gross domestic product (gdp)?
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior that occurs when people come in contact with each other, through television, or the internet.
What is diffusion?
How will a population most likely grow?
In this government and economic system, nearly all political power and means of production are held by the government in the name of all the people.
What is communism?
What is market economy?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe in one god.
What are monotheistic religions?
The zone between 20 degrees North and 60 degrees North
Where does majority of the world's population live?
size, shape, & location
What three geographic features are important in describing a country?
residential, commercial, & industrial
What are the basic land use patterns in cities?
A regions's systems for transporting its goods to market, communicating with other regions, and fueling its factories
What is infrastructure?
In the mid-1860s, Great Britain's new rock band, the Beatles, came to the United States. Suddenly, young men all over the nation were wearing their hair longer, in styles that matched the Beatles.
What is an example of acculturation?
How is the rate of natural increase calculated?
A fixed line generally following latitude or longititude lines such as the Great Wall of China and the DMZ/38th parallel
What are artificial boundaries?