Geography Final

Culture

Knowledge, Attitudes, and behaviors that are shared

Society

Group that share a geographic region, sense of identity, and culture

Ethnic Group

a specific group that shares language, culture, and heritage

Innovation

improving on existing technology to meet a need

Diffusion

ideas spread

Acculturation

society changes to adopt a new innovation

Dialect

changes in speech related to class, region, or culture

Language Diffusion

When ideas spread over a new area

Religion

Belief in a supernatural power as regarded to creator and maintainer of the universe

Major Religions

Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism

Judaism

concentrated in Israel, The Torah, Jerusalem is major city

Christianity

largest religion, Jesus is central figure

Islam

Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims, Muhammad and Allah are central figures

Hinduism

Oldest religion, concentrated in India, idea of caste

Buddhism

rejects caste system, reincarnation, goal is to reach state of nirvana

Population Geography

Looks at birth and death rates, distribution and density of population

Most heavily populated zone

northern hemisphere

lightly populated areas

polar, mountainous, desert regions

urban-rural mix

½ of the world’s population lives in urban areas

Reasons for migration

environmental conditions, political reasons, good economical opportunities, favorable climate

Population density

shows how heavily populated an area is

carrying