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epidemic
regional outbreak of a disease
brain drain
educated people who leave the country for opportunities.
counterurbanization
people leaving an urban area for small rural towns
asylum seeker
someone who migrated to another country in hope of being seen as an asylum seeker
habit
a repetitive cat that a particular individual performs
custom
a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group
folk culture
traditionally practiced primarily by small homogenous groups living in isolated rural areas. origin is anonymous, diffusion is slow, distribution is spatial.
popular culture
found in large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite other differences. There is a specific point of origin and distribution is rapid because someone wants to make money off of it.
refugee
someone forced to migrate to another country
lingua franca
a language of international communication. Ex: English, Hindi
official language
used by the government to enact legislation, publish documents, and conduct other businesses
working language
designation by an international organization or corporation as its primary means of communication for daily conversation
creole language
language that results from mixing of a colonizers language with an indigenous language of the people being dominated
isogloss
a boundary between two languages
scale
relationship between portion of Earth being studied and earth as a whole
functional region
an area around a node where characteristics diminishes in importances away from the node
formal region
an area where everyone agrees with one another that share common characteristics
vernacular region
an area that believe is a part of their cultural identity
globalization
force or process that involves the entire process and results in making something world wide.
relocation diffusion
the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
hierarchical diffusion
the spread of any idea from a person with power or nodes of authority or power to another person or place.
contagious diffusion
the rapid widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
uneven development
increasing gap in economic conditions between regions in the core. Results from globalization of the economy
ravenstein
most immigrants only move short distance
crude birth rate
the number of live births a year divided by a 1000 people
infant mortality rate
is the annual number of infant deaths for every 1000 live births.
ecumene
a permanently inhabited portion on earth distinguished or temporarily inhabited area.
medical revolution
medical technology invented in europe and north america that diffused to Latin America, Asia and Africa.
census
a periodic and official of a country’s population
possibilism
viewing the environment as providing that limits the possibilities of human choice.
renewable resource
a resource that can be easily remade without any effort.
non-renewable resource
cannot be easily remade , requires effort to be remade, valuable
doubling time
the number of years to double a population, assuming a constant rate of NIR
life expectancy
the number of years a person is expected to live
epidemiology
the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why
agricultural density
the numbers of farmers available compared to arable land.
pronatalist
the government encourages people to have more kids
antinatalist
government tells people to slow down people from having kids
interregional migration
the movement from one region to another
intraregional migration
moving from one region to another region in the same place
circular
short term, repetitive that happens on a daily basis
guest worker
person with a temporary permission to work in another country
forced migration
the movement that refugees and immigrants take between home country and other country
hearth
the region from where innovative ideas originate
taboo
something that a religious custom is prohibiting of a particular practice
cultural imperialism
the imposition by one usually politically or economically dominant various aspects of its own culture
material culture
the physical aspects of a society, the objects made or modified by a human
indigenous architecture
traditional peoples buildings practices and styles which are closely tied to their culture environment and way of life.
folklore
the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community passed through the generations by word of mouth
thomas malthus
his theory that population will exceed the food supply
industrial revolution
the transition from creating goods by hand using machines
transnational corporation
enterprise that is involved with the international production of goods or services