Cultural Geography

A social division based on national origin, religion, language, and often race

• Ethnicity

• Demography

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one group of people to another

• Cultural Diffusion

• Culture Hearth

The scientific study of languages

• Linguistics

• Demography

A particular system of faith and worship

• Religion

• Ethnicity

A center where societies developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

• Culture Hearth

• Demography

A period of rapid growth due to mass production by machines resulting in a switch from agriculture to manufacturing

• Industrial Revolution

• Information Revolution

The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide

• Globalization

• Urbanization

A disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population

• Pandemic

• Globalization

The scientific study of human populations

• Demography

• Linguistics

The relationship between the birth rate and death rate of a given area

• Population Growth

• Population Density