An intervening opportunity is a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away

Child mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1000 population between the first and fifth birthdays

A country that has reached a stage where the population has very low growth, such as Germany or Japan, should have a population pyramid that is rectangular-shaped

India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages

Agriculture theory is the theory of the diffusion of the Proto-Indo-European language into Europe through the innovation of agriculture being more efficient than hunting and gathering

Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States

A lingua franca is any common language spoken by peoples of diverse speech

Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea that had to be partitioned because the Greeks and Turks could not get along

Eastern Orthodox Christianity has been resurrected in Russia, Eastern Europe, and many Slavic countries and is growing rapidly

Islam dominates in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia