Vocab for Population/Migration Unit

process of adjusting to the surrounding conditions

• adaptation
• Columbian Exchange
• desertification
• refugees

an adjective that describes anyone from an indigenous group anywhere in the world

• Columbian Exchange
• adaptation
• refugees
• aboriginal

process of changing the environment

• refugees
• modification
• adaptation
• assimilation

A motivating cause that attracts people to migrate into another region or country. 

• multiculturalism
• cultural diffusion
• push factors
• pull factors

exhibiting a variety of types

• migration
• diversity
• indigenous
• nationalism

the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society

• ethnic conflict
• nationalism
• multiculturalism
• supranational organization

movement from one region to another

• migration
• multiculturalism
• ethnicity
• adaptation

 groups that are native to a particular region

• desertification
• adaptation
• indigenous
• transportation corridor

 the study of human population in terms of numbers, especially birth rates, death rates, ethnic composition, age and gender distributions

• nationalism

• supranational organization
• desertification
• demography

the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

• supranational organization
• diversity
• cultural diffusion
• demography