Human Geography

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Human Geography

• The study of people Who they are, Why they are
  and Where they are.

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What is Demography?

• The statistical study of human population.
• Geographers use stats to froecast population
  trends, locate schools, and draw political
  boundaries.

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What is Population Density?

• Average of people living in an area
• Expressed in people/square mile
• Used to determine where businesses and hospitals
  are built, where and how much aid is needed.

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What are the 4 clusters of population in the
world?
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Factors determining population.

• Birth Rate
• Death Rate
• Migration
• Emigrant
• Immigrant

• of births each year/1000 people
• of deaths each year/1000 people
• Moving from one place to another to live
• People who leave to live elsewhere
• People who come to live somewhere

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What 3 factors effect the of people in a given
place?

• BIRTH RATE
• DEATH RATE
• MIGRATION

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Push Pull Factors

• A push factor causes some one to leave
• A pull factor attracts people to a certain
  location

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What are Refugees?

• People who have been forced to leave can not
  return.
• Eg. Politics, Natural Disasters, and
  Discrimination

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What is natural increase?

• Natural Rate of increase in the population.
• Most often seen when there is an increase in
  birth rate and a fall in or stagnation in death
  rate.

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Draw and Label the Demographic Transition Model

• Open up your book and copy it from page 92.
• What can be learned about an area by looking at
  this model?

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Define

• Culture- all the features in a persons way of
  life
• Culture trait- activities and behaviors that
  people often take part in(eating w/ chop sticks)
• Culture region- an area in which people have many
  shared culture traits
• Ethnic groups- human population that shares
  common culture or ancestors

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What are acculturation, innovation, diffusion?

• When individuals or a group adopts some of the
  same traits of another culture.
• New ideas that a culture accepts.
• When an idea or innovation spreads from one
  person or group to another is adopted.

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3 types of diffusion
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What is globalization?

• Process in which connections around the world
  increase cultures become more alike.

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What affects does globalization have?

• Fast Food (McDonalds)
• Jeans (Levis)
• Cars (BMW, Mercedes)
• Music (Micheal Jackson, Madonna)
• The United States is also affected by Japaness
  electronics, German Cars, and Italian Fashion.

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Explain Cultural Convergence

• This is when different cultures blend together.
  Ideas, habits, and institution of one culture
  come in contact with those of another.
• Eg. Coke, Pepsi, Mexican and Chinese food.

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More Vocab

• Traditionalism- following longtime practices
  opposing many modern technologies and ideas
• Fundamentalism- movement in which people believe
  in strictly following certain established
  principles

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More Vocab

• Cultural Divergence- process of cultures becoming
  separate distinct
• Can Happen when one group apposes change, while
  another welcomes it. Ethnic celebrations keep
  culture distinct by celebrating history,
  identity, and a way of life.

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Why is language important to the study of
Geography?

• It is the main means of communication, how
  customs are passed, influences paths of
  diffusion, languages have spatial
  characteristics, and shape peoples lives.

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What is the most spoken language in the World?
2nd?

• The most spoken is the world is Mandarin Chinese.
  This is due to the fact that China has the
  largest population in the world.
• English is the second due to its wide spread use.

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What is a Dialect?

• A dialect is a regional variety of a language
• Can yall give me an example of dialect in
  action?

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Language, Language, Language

• Why is the English language special?
• Turn to page 101 in your Book

• Define
• lingua franca
• It is a language of trade and communication.

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What are the 3 types of Religions?

• Ethnic Religions
• These are religions found among people of one
  ethnic group that generally have not spread to
  other cultures
• Eg. Hinduism(India), Confucianism Taoism(Japan),
  Judism

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What are the 3 types of Religions?

• Animist Religion
• These religions have people who believe in the
  presence of spirit and forces of nature.
• Eg. Native Americans
• Polytheism- the belief of many gods
• Eg. Ancient Romans

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What are the 3 types of Religions?

• Universalizing religions
• Religions that seek out followers all over the
  world
• Eg. Christians Muslims
• These groups use missionaries to spread their
  religion and to convert others.
• Monotheism- Belief in one god.