Human Geography

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Human Geography
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What is Culture?

• Culture- combination of features of a human group
• Factors- ethnic background, religion, language,
  style of dress, etc.
• Cultural regions- areas inhabited by mostly one
  ethnic group

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Language

• Allows people within a culture to communicate
• English is the dominant language across the globe
  (92 are fluent in US)
• Some countries have more than one official
  language (Switzerland, Canada, Colonial Outposts)
• The US has no official language (1 out of 5
  people speak Spanish at home)

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Religion

• A persons ultimate beliefs about the universe
• Five Major Religions- Judaism, Hinduism,
  Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
• Can be unifying or lead to conflicts (Kashmir,
  Palestine/Israel)

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Kashmir
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Israel/Palestine
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Some facts about Population

• The worlds population is about 6 billion people
• Only 5 of the land on Earth is populated
• 2/3 of the worlds population lives within 300
  miles of an ocean

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2 main population issues

• Population distribution- where people live
• Population growth rate- how population changes

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Push-Pull Factors

• Examples of push factors- environmental, war,
  persecution
• Examples of pull factors- climate, jobs, family

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Governments

• Four types of Governments
• Democracy (representative)
• Monarchy (ruling family)
• Dictatorship (one person in charge)
• Communism (government-run for the people)

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Democracy
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Monarchy
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Dictatorship
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Communism
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Urbanization

• Development of cities
• Overurbanization- cities become too crowded
• Largest urban area- Tokyo, Japan (26.4 million
  people)

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Tokyo
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Developed vs Developing

• Developed Countries- rich
• Developing Countries- poor
• Population pyramids can be used to used to
  determine this (more kids than adults- ing, more
  adults than kids- ed)

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Developed Countries
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Developing Countries
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Which is it?
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Which is it?
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Economics

• Economy- production of goods services among a
  group of people
• 2 important types Command (govt regulated) and
  Market (consumer driven)

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Levels of Economic Activity

• Primary- agriculture, fishing, forestry, and
  mining
• Secondary- processing raw materials into products
  
• Tertiary- provide goods and services to consumers
  and producers

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Resources

• Resources- things that people need and value
• 3 types Natural, Human, Capital