Unit 3: Human Geography Vocabulary

number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people

• death rate

• birth rate

• population pyramid

• population density

way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items.

• culture

• ethnic group

• culture region

• culture diffusion

the variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, of the world

• population distribution

• population density

• birth rate

• migration

the movement of people from place to place

• migration

• culture diffusion

• population distribution

• outsourcing

a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

• culture hearth

• culture diffusion

• culture region

• language family

Country that has technology and manufacturing

• Developed Country

• Developing Country

• Culture

• Ethnic Group

Country in the process of becoming industrialized

• Developing Country

• Developed Country

• Population distribution

• Culture Diffusion

Spread of knowledge and skill from culture to culture

• culture diffusion

• culture

• population distribution

• ethnic group

Number of births per year for every 1,000 people

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• population distribution

• population density

Average number of people in a square mile

• population density

• culture hearth

• population distribution

• ethnic group