Texas World Geography - Unit 3 Vocabulary

Movement from one place to another

• Immigration

• Migration

• Emmigration

• Relocation

statistical data about human populations

• Infographics

• Cartography

• Population Density

• Demographics

the process of increasing human settlement in cities

• Fanaticism

• Urbanization

• Gentrification

• Ruralization

a very large urban region consisting of several adjoining cities and suburbs

• megatron

• megalopolis

• supracity

• urbanization

the spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Formal Region

• Settlement Patterns

process by which culture is spread

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Divergence

• Cultural Convergence

• Cultural Inhabitance

a process of cultures becoming more alike

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Divergence

• Cultural Convergence

• Cultural Inhabitance

a process in which cultural groups distinguish themselves from other culture groups

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Divergence

• Cultural Convergence

• Cultural Inhabitance

originating in a particular region

• ressessive

• colonial

• invasive

• indigenous

inclusion of a variety of cultures

• invasive

• multicultural

• xenophobia

• reluctance