Ch. 3 Population New

A country's freedom from outside control

• authoritarian

• totalitarianism

• federation

• sovereignty

Growth of city populations

• urbanization

• Population density

• diffusion

• immigrant

Process by which cultural traits move from one culture to another

• diffusion

• confusion

• democracy

• confederation

Area where cultural ideas begin and from which they spread

• confederation

• culture hearth

• birthrate

• immigrant

Average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer

• federation

• immigrant

• population density

• emigrant

Political system in which power is shared by the national government and smaller political units

• federation

• democracy

• confederation

• authoritarian

Type of government in which the leaders hold almost all of the political power

• authoritarian

• federation

• democracy

• emigrant

Type of government in which the people choose their leaders and determine government policy

• emigrant

• democracy

• birthrate

• culture

Person who moves into a country

• urbanization

• birthrate

• immigrant

• culture

Which of the following has been responsible for the declining death rate in many of the world’s less industrialized nations?

• A declining birthrate

• Migration to rural areas, where living conditions are better

• Absence of diseases prevalent in industrialized nations

• Improved health