Population & Culture

The Study of Human Geography

Section 1 Assessment Pg 98
Definitions
Culture: The way of life that distinguishes a people, for example, government, language,
religion, etc
Population density: The average number of people living in a given area.
Birthrate: The number of live births each year per 1,000 people
Immigrant: A person who moves into a country.
Emigrant: A person who leaves a country to live elsewhere.
Urbanization: The growth of the city population.
Rural: Of, or characteristic of, the countryside.
Culture Hearth: A place in which important ideas begin and thereafter spread to surrounding
cultures.
Cultural Convergence: The contact and interaction of one culture with another.
Diffusion: The process by which a cultural element is transmitted from one group or individual
to another.
Cultural Divergence: The restriction of a culture from outside influences.
Pattern of Settlement
The most regions with more population are Inda, East China, Tokyo, Surabaja
Population Growth
A: The world's population has increased dramatically in recent centuries. Several factors have
contributed to this growth. Modern technology has helped food production to increase.
Improved medical care, meanwhile, has enabled people to live much longer.
B: Some demographers predict increases in famine, disease, and natural resource depletion.
Cultures
Its differ very slowly by family they gave their culture to their children and their children gave
to their children but the difference come very slowly in culture
Cultures
Cultural Divergence: The restriction of a culture from outside influences.
Cultural Convergence: The contact and interaction of one culture with another.