ENVSOCTY 2RW3 STUDY GUIDE
Population change - Answer -the aggregate difference between births and deaths in a
given year
CBR - Answer -Number of births/1000 people/year
CDR - Answer -Number of deaths/1000 people/year
Migration - Answer -Long-term or permanent relocation of an individual or group from
one area to another
Urbanization - Answer -The proportion of population living in urban areas; a process of
a society becoming more urban
Megacity - Answer -A metropolitan area with a total population of over 10 million people
Religion - Answer -a social system involving a set of beliefs and practices through
which people make sense of the universe and their place within it
Plurality - Answer -Many different religions are practiced in a region
Secularism - Answer -separation of church and state
Language - Answer -A system of communication that has mutually agreed-upon spoke
and written forms
Language Family - Answer -A group of closely related languages derived from a
common but distinct ancestor. 6000 individual languages spoken around the world
today. Used to be around 7000
Primary Economy - Answer -Extraction-based
Secondary Economy - Answer -Manufacturing-based
Tertiary Economy - Answer -Services-based
Development - Answer -A process that brings about changes in economic prosperity
and quality of life. An improvement in the material conditions of life.
Social Development - Answer -A process that bring about changes in social quality of
life. It invests wealth into education, health, etc.
Supranational Organization - Answer -A multinational grouping of independent
countries, where power is delegated to an authority by member governments.
Population change - Answer -the aggregate difference between births and deaths in a
given year
CBR - Answer -Number of births/1000 people/year
CDR - Answer -Number of deaths/1000 people/year
Migration - Answer -Long-term or permanent relocation of an individual or group from
one area to another
Urbanization - Answer -The proportion of population living in urban areas; a process of
a society becoming more urban
Megacity - Answer -A metropolitan area with a total population of over 10 million people
Religion - Answer -a social system involving a set of beliefs and practices through
which people make sense of the universe and their place within it
Plurality - Answer -Many different religions are practiced in a region
Secularism - Answer -separation of church and state
Language - Answer -A system of communication that has mutually agreed-upon spoke
and written forms
Language Family - Answer -A group of closely related languages derived from a
common but distinct ancestor. 6000 individual languages spoken around the world
today. Used to be around 7000
Primary Economy - Answer -Extraction-based
Secondary Economy - Answer -Manufacturing-based
Tertiary Economy - Answer -Services-based
Development - Answer -A process that brings about changes in economic prosperity
and quality of life. An improvement in the material conditions of life.
Social Development - Answer -A process that bring about changes in social quality of
life. It invests wealth into education, health, etc.
Supranational Organization - Answer -A multinational grouping of independent
countries, where power is delegated to an authority by member governments.
