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The total of knowledge, attitudes, and Behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group. Culture acts as a bluebrint for how a group of people should behave if they want to fit in with the group.
Culture involves the following:
food & shelter, religion, relationships, language, education, security, political & social organization, and creative expression |
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| A group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and a culture. |
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| Specific group that shares a language, customs, and a common heritage. |
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| Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need. |
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| the spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior. |
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a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures.
Early river civilizations were cultural hearths. |
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| When a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation - such as wearing jeans instead of traditional garments |
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Reflects changes in speech patterns related to class, region, or other cultural changes.
Consider the speech pattern differences between England and the American south. |
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| A belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe. Religions establish beliefs and values that define how people worship the divine being or divine forces and how they behave toward each other. |
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Belief in one god
From the Greek:
Mono - one
Theo - God |
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Belief in many gods
From the Greek
Poly = many
Theo = God |
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| Belief in divine forces in nature |
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Oldest of SW Asian religions - Year 5770
Monotheistic
Religious Center: Jerusalem
Faith & Culture intertwined
Holy book: Torah
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because of the progenitor role Abraham plays in their holy books |
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Oldest of SW Asian religions - Year 5770
Monotheistic
Based on teachings of Jesus Christ
"Holy Cities" Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople
Holy book: Bible
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because of the progenitor role Abraham plays in their holy books
Largest number of followers 2 Billion |
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Oldest of SW Asian religions - Year 5770
Monotheistic
Religious Center: Mecca
Faith & Culture intertwined
Holy book: Qur'an
Founded: 613 AD
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sometimes referred to as the "Abrahamic religions" because of the progenitor role Abraham plays in their holy
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Fastest growing religion.
Sunni & Shiite factions |
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Approx 5,000 years old
Polytheistic - divine spirit is Brahman
Caste system / Reincarnation
Concentrated in India |
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563 BC
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama -
the Buddah / Enlightened one
Peaceful religion
Rejects Caste System
Ultimate enlightenment is Nirvana |
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| Number of live births per thousand population |
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| Average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime |
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| number of deaths per thousand people |
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| number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births. |
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Rate of Natural Increase /
Population Growth rate |
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Subtract the mortality rate from the birthrate
Alternately stated:
Rate of natural increase =
Birthrate - Mortality rate |
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| A graphic representation that shows sex and age distribution of a population |
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Push factors are those that cause people to leave their homeland and migrate to another region.
Pull factors draw or attract peopole to another location. |
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| Average number of people that live in a measurable area, such as a square mile. |
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| Number of organisms (people) a piece of land can support. |
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| an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs |
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a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity
It is possible for a nation not to have a territory, called a stateless nation, such as the Palestinians, Kurds, and Basques.
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| When a nation and a state occupy the same territory, that territory is called a nation-state. |
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Citizens hold political power, either directly or through elected representatives.
the free and equal right of every person to participate in a system of government, often practiced by electing representatives of the people by the majority of the people |
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A form of government with a non-hereditary leader.
For Plato, this would consist of an aristocracy run by a class of legislators groomed for leadership by a state education system, who would manage the government for the good of the people - not for personal gain. |
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A ruling family, headed by a king or queen that hold political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies
Examples:United Kingdom (England) shared
Saudi Arabia (not shared) |
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An individual or group that holds complete political power.
Examples: North Korea
Hitler, Stalin |
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| Government in which nearly all political power, the economic system and the means of productionand distribution are held by the government in the name of all the people |
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A country or area, surrounded by other land and with no direct outlet to the sea.
Bolivia is an example.
Kansas is also landlocked but enjoys the benefit of being within the United States. |
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| Metropolitan Area = City + Suburbs |
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The trend to liv in the cities vs. a rural area.
Since the 1920s, more Americans have lived in cities than in the country.
Prior to 1920, more people lived on farms (rural areas) than in the cities. |
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| Production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people. |
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| Goods & Services are traded without exchanging money. Also called barter. |
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| Production of goods and services is determined by a central government which usually owns the means of production. Production does not necessarily reflect the consumer demand. AKA Planned economy. |
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| Productionof goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called a demand economy or capitalism. |
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| A combination of command and market economies provides goods and services so that all people will benefit. |
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| Gathering raw materials to use in the making of a final product. (Timber, Coal, etc.) |
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| Involve adding value to materials... manufacturing |
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Involve providing business or professional services.
Teachers, doctors, sales |
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| Porvide information, management, and research services by highly trained professionals. |
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