Another name for human geography, is cultural geography. "It is the study of the many cultural aspects found throughout the world and how they relate to the spaces and places where they originate and then travel as people continually move across various areas". (Briney, 21015)
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Human Geography is the branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface.
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"Globalization is the process in which people, ideas and goods spread throughout the world, spurring more interaction and integration between the world's cultures, governments and economies." (Rouse, 2016)
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Press the above link for GeoHive's current worldwide population count as of each new day.
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Emigration: From a location
Immigration: To a location Chain Migration: To a specific location because relatives, or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. Interregional migration: Permanent movement from one country to another Intraregional migration: Permanent movement within one region of a country |
Folk Culture
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Popular Culture
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Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative Isolation from other groups. (Rubenstein, 2013)
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Culture found in a large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. (Rubenstein, 2013)
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State: An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs.
Nation-state: A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. Boundary: Invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory. |
Colonialism: Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose it's political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
Terrorism: The systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population or coerce a government into granting it demands. (Rubenstein, 2013) |
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The one-fifth of the world's people living in developed countries consume five-sixth of the world's goods, where as the fourteen percent of the world's people who live in Africa consume about one percent. (Rubenstein, 2013)
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Agribusiness: Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
Undernourishment: Dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity.
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It is said that "manufacturing jobs are viewed as the "engine" of economic growth and prosperity. Although, a loss of manufacturing jobs has caused economic problems from communities in developed countries."
Industrial Revolution: A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. Labor-intensive industry: An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses. (Rubenstein, 2013)
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"Three-fourths of the workers in developed countries are employed in the sevice sector of the economy. These services are provided in settlements." (Rubenstein, 2013) This pattern is not the same for developing countries.
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Business services: Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses including professional, financial, and transportation services. Consumer services: Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services. Public Services: Services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses. |