Chapter 3 & 4
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- A form of government in which people particpate directly in decision making
- direct democracy
- The number of live births each year per 1,000 people, or the _____, varies from one country to another
- birthrate
- The movement of people to cities and the growth of cities
- urbanization
- A person who moves to a new country in order to settle there is called a(n)
- immigrant
- The social unit most responsible for teaching the customs and traditions of a culture is
- the family
- Communism, socialism, and capitalism are examples of
- political systems
- The way people in a culture are organized into smaller groups
- social structure
- In a country with a high ____, or total number of people, schools and public transportation can become overcrowded.
- population
- By comparing bithrates and death rates, demographers figure out
- population growth
- Cultures in which woment have the most authority in the family are called
- matriarchal
- Standards of accepted behavior in a society
- ethics
- When job opportunities appear in one region and disappear in another, a _____, or mass movement of people may occur
- migration
- A system for producing, distributing, and consuming wealth is called a(n)
- economy
- Democracy, monarchy, and dictatorship are examples of
- forms of government
- The way people are spread out over an area
- population distribution
- A scientist who studies the people who live in certain areas is called
- demographer
- When one country accepts, borrows, or exchanges ideas with another, ________ takes place.
- acculturation
- A country that has a high population density has
- some crowded areas
- The average number of people who live in a square mile of land
- population density
- In many industrial nations, such as the US, parents and their children live in a(n)
- nuclear family
- Why did many people leave Ireland for the US in the 1800s?
- They were escaping from religious persecution.
- To explain the reasons for immigration, demographers figure out
- the 'push-pull' theory
- The movement of customs and ideas from one place to another
- cultural diffusion
- Citizens elect certain people to make laws in a(n)
- representative democracy
- Three important features of a culture are
- language, values, and religious beliefs
- Several generations of relatives living together
- extended family
- The average number of years a person is expected to live
- life expectancy
- A place where few people live
- rural areas
- People can change their environment by using the ____ that is available to them.
- technology
- People's occupations, their behavior, and their beliefs are a part of their
- culture