2. Human Interactions

3. What is an Ethnic Group? A group of people who share language, customs and a common heritage.

4. What is Race? Race A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics.

5. Race v Ethnicity Race – biology Ethnicity – cultural identity

6. Ethnocentrism Believing that one’s own culture is best or better than others.

7. Why people move. Zombie push/pull Zombie push/pull Push – means leaving an area because of what is happening in the area you are leaving. – Ex. Political unrest, no jobs, natural disaster Pull – means leaving an area because of what is happening in the area you are going to. – Ex. Good jobs, stable government, weather

8. What happens when people move? Do you become like them?? – Assimilation –the minority is absorbed by the majority.

9. What happens when you move? Do they become a little like you? – Cultural Diffusion – The spread of ideas, innovations or patterns of behavior to different societies.

10. Innovation Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need

11. What happens when you move?  Acculturation – Cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation.

12. POPULATION

13. Demography Demography- study of population Census- survey of population, done every 10 years by the federal government

14. Population Density

15. over population number of people exceeds available resources

16. Population Growth Over Time “The J Curve” During the Industrial Revolution Late 1700’s to 1900’s New technologies improved medicine, sanitation, and food production.

17. What are Birth Rates? Birth Rate – number of live births per 1000 people Fertility Rate – average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime

18. What are Death Rates? Death (Mortality) Rate – number of deaths per 1000 people Infant Mortality Rate – number of deaths among infants under 1 year old, per 1000 live births

19. What is Rate of Natural Increase? Rate of Natural Increase- % a population grows in one year Birth Rate minus Death Rate = Rate of Natural Increase

20. POPULATION PYRAMIDS

21. Complex Bar Graph What is shown? Males and Females by age Why? Demographers use age and sex to help predict info. about a country How do population pyramids work? Wide base = high % of children Narrow base = low % of children What is a Population Pyramid?

22. Making Predictions Look at the shape of these charts, and think about them. Then try to answer these questions on a separate paper. Which has a higher % of children? Which is most wealthy, most poor? Which has the most unemployed? Which probably has best health care? Which has most not going to school?