Human Geography

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Human Geography
CHAPTER 5

• Section 1 Population Geography
• Section 2 Cultural Geography
• Section 3 World Languages and Religions

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Objectives
Section 1Population Geography

• How do geographers study population?
• What are some important trends in world
  population?

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Studying population
Section 1Population Geography

• Geographers study relationships between
  populations and environments, using
• maps
• graphs

• population pyramids
• spatial perspective

• Key statistics
• population density
• population distribution

• population change
• natural increase

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World population trends
Section 1Population Geography

• World population is increasing rapidly.
• Economic development results in lower population
  growth rates.
• Many less-developed nations are gradually
  reducing population growth.
• Future population projections vary, but
  population-related challenges are inevitable.

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Objectives
Section 2Cultural Geography

• How do geographers study culture?
• How do cultures change over time?

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Studying culture
Section 2Cultural Geography

• culture traitsactivities and behaviors common to
  groups of people
• culture regionsareas in which people share
  culture traits

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How cultures change
Section 2Cultural Geography

• Cultures change through general processes such as
  migration, war, and trade.
• Key concepts
• innovationadoption of new and useful ideas
• diffusionspread of ideas
• globalizationworldwide adoption of culture
  traits
• traditionalismmaintenance of traditional
  practices

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Objectives
Section 3World Languagesand Religions

• What is the geography of the worlds languages?
• What are the three main types of religions that
  geographers identify?

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Geography of languages
Section 3World Languagesand Religions

• Languages have spatial characteristics, linked to
  specific regions and peoples.
• Languages are divided into families and branches.
• Geographers study the origins and spread of
  languages.

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Types of religions
Section 3World Languagesand Religions

• ethnicfocus on one ethnic group examples
  Hinduism, Judaism
• animistfocus on spirits and forces of nature
  often have ethnic basis
• universalizingseek worldwide following
  examples Islam, Christianity