Chapter+Four+Terms

Traditional Economy- habit and custom determine the rules for all economic activity. traditional economy is the orginal trade idea.
__Culture__ - way of life of a group of people who shared beliefs and similar customs. // my culture is important to my life and family. // __Population Density__ - the average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer. // the population density is a large number in the us. // __Population Distribution__ - the pattern of population in a country, a continent, or the world. // the big cities in the world has population distribution. // __Doubling Time__ - the number of years it takes a population to double in size. // it took paris a long time to double time is people. // __Demographic Transition__ - the model that uses birthrates and death rates to show changes in the population trends of a country or region. // every certain state keeps a demographic transition. // __Migration__ - the movement of people from place to place. // my family loves to migration to different states. // __ Natural Increase __ - the growth rate of a population. __ Death Rate __ - the number of deaths per year for every thousand people. // death rate is bad. // __ Birthrate __ - the number of births per year for every thousand people. // mothers keep the birth rate rising to the top. //  Lydia Grommish-

__Democracy__- It is a government system in which the leaders rule with consent of the citizens. The US has a democracy. __Oligarchy__- It is a system of government in which a small group holds power. Governments of communist countries are oligarchy and their power is shared by a political party and military. __Autocracy__- It is a system of government in which power and authority belong to a single individual. Dictatorship, Monarchy, and Constitutional Monarchy are all autocracy. __Federal System__- It is a system of government divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments. Each level of a federal system has sovereignty in some areas. __Unitary System__- It is a system of government gives all key powers to the national or central government. A unitary system doesn’t mean that only one level of government exists. __Cultural Hearths-__ They are early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas. Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, China, and Mexico are all cultural hearths. __Cultural Diffusion__- It is a process of spreading new knowledge from one culture to another. Internal factors create change and are cultural diffused to spread. __Culture Region__- It is a region with certain traits in common. China, Japan, and Mongolia are part of an East Asia culture region. __Ethnic Group__- It is a group made up of people who share a common language, history, place of origin, or a combination of these elements. An ethnic group is a social group. __Language Family__- It is a large group of languages having similar roots. English, Spanish, and Russian are all members of the Indo-European language family.