Population Category
Question: What is the number of live births in a population during a specific period of time, usually measured per 1,000 people?
Birth Rate
Question: What term describes where people are located across Earth's surface?
Population Distribution
What is culture?
The shared beliefs, customs, traditions, language, values, and way of life of a group of people.
What type of government is ruled by one person who has unlimited or nearly unlimited power?
Autocracy
What are natural resources?
Answer: Materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used by humans, such as water, forests, minerals, and fossil fuels.
How often is a census taken in the USA to gather figures and statistics on the population?
The Census is taken every ten years.
Question: A city has 10,000 people living in an area of 10 square miles. What geographic concept describes how many people live in that space?
Population Density
What is ethnicity?
Answer: A person's connection to a group that shares common cultural characteristics, ancestry, history, or traditions.
What type of government is controlled by a small group of powerful people?
Oligarchy
: What are alternative energy sources?
Answer: Energy sources used as alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and other renewable sources.
When was the last US Census taken and when will the next be?
2020....2030
Question: What is migration?
Answer: The movement of people from one place to another.
What is cultural diffusion? How does this happen?
Answer: The spread of cultural traits, ideas, foods, languages, technologies, or customs from one society or region to another.
What type of government is ruled by a king or queen?
Monarchy...King and Queen
What is a market economy?
An economic system in which supply and demand and consumer and producer decisions largely determine prices and production.
Question: What is the average number of years a person is expected to live?
Life Expectancy
What is emigration?
The movement of people out of a country or region to live somewhere else...E-Exit!
Question: How can migration lead to cultural diffusion?
Migrants bring their languages, foods, traditions, religions, and customs to new places, where they may influence other cultures
What type of government is based on religious authority, where religious leaders or religious law have major political power?
Theocracy
What are the five major climate zones commonly taught in World Geography?
Tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar.
Question: What is the number of people living in a particular area compared with the size of that area?
Population Density
What is immigration?
The movement of people into a country or region to live. I is to move IN!
Give two examples of something in our culture that was spread through diffusion and is not native to the US.
Dance, food, make up, clothing, game, etc.
What type of government allows citizens to participate in government, usually through voting and elected representatives?
Democracy
How can climate influence population distribution?
: People tend to concentrate in areas with more favorable temperatures, water availability, fertile land, and other resources, while extreme climates tend to have fewer inhabitants