Human GeographyHuman GeographyChapter 5Chapter 5

I. Population GeographyI. Population Geography

• Demography?

Population DensityPopulation Density

Population DistributionPopulation Distribution

• Why do people live where they live?

Population ChangePopulation Change

• Birthrate vs. Death rate?

• Migration?

• Emigrants vs. Immigrants?

MigrationMigration

• Push vs. Pull Factors?

• Refugees?– Darfur, Sudan

World Population TrendsWorld Population Trends

• Overpopulation?

Demographic TransitionDemographic Transition

Effects of Growing PopulationsEffects of Growing Populations

Future Populations?Future Populations?

II. Cultural GeographyII. Cultural Geography

• Culture?

Culture Traits?Culture Traits?

Culture RegionsCulture Regions

Kenya: U.S.:

--Ethnic Groups?

Culture ChangeCulture Change

Acculturation?Acculturation?

Innovation & Diffusion?Innovation & Diffusion?

Types of DiffusionTypes of Diffusion

• Expansion Diffusion?

• Relocation Diffusion?

• Hierarchical Diffusion?

Expansion DiffusionExpansion Diffusion

Globalization?Globalization?

*the process in which connections around the world increase & cultures becomemore alike.

Traditionalism?Traditionalism?

• Fundamentalism—any movement in which people believe that old ways of doing things should not change!!– Radicalism/Extremism?

III. World Languages & ReligionsIII. World Languages & Religions

• Dialect?

• Lingua Franca?

ReligionReligion

Ethnic Religions & PhilosophiesEthnic Religions & Philosophies

Animist ReligionsAnimist Religions

• Polytheism?

Universal ReligionsUniversal Religions

• Monotheism?

• Missionaries?

• Mosques?

• Hajj?