Honors World Geography Quiz Topics - Vocabulary

A set of 30 vocabulary-style flashcards covering key topics: population and demographics, migration/movement, culture, and human-environment interaction.

Population density

The number of people living per unit area of land (e.g., per square kilometer).

Population distribution

The pattern of where people live across a region or the world.

Birth rate

The number of live births per 1,000 people per year.

Death rate

The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.

Fertility rate

The average number of children a woman bears over her lifetime.

Demographic transition model

A model describing population change as a country develops, typically moving from high to low birth and death rates.

Life expectancy

The average number of years a person is expected to live.

Dependency ratio

The ratio of dependents (young and old) to working-age people in a population.

Age structure

The distribution of a population by age and sex.

Population pyramid

A graph showing the age structure of a population by gender.

Net migration rate

The difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants per 1,000 people.

Push factor

A condition that drives people to leave their homeland.

Pull factor

A condition that attracts people to a new area.

Emigration

Leaving one's country to live elsewhere.

Immigration

Moving into a new country to live there.

Refugee

A person forced to flee their home to escape danger and cannot safely return.

Internally displaced person (IDP)

A person forced to flee their home but remains within their country’s borders.

Ravenstein’s laws of migration

Classic principles about migration patterns, such as distance effects and urban destinations.

Cultural diffusion

The spread of cultural beliefs and practices from one group to another.

Ethnicity

A shared sense of identity based on culture, language, or ancestry.

Language family

A group of related languages with a common ancestral language.

Religion

A system of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.

Folk culture

Traditional, localized cultural practices that are often rooted in a community’s customs.

Popular culture

Cultural practices that diffuse widely through mass media and mobility.

Cultural landscape

The visible imprint of human activity on the land, including buildings and land use.

Acculturation

The process of cultural change when groups come into sustained contact.

Assimilation

The process by which a minority group adopts the customs of a dominant group.

Human-environment interaction

The study of how humans modify, adapt to, and depend on their environment.

Sustainability

Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

Ecological footprint

The amount of productive land and water area required to sustain a person’s or population’s consumption.