Chapter 9: Section 1: Population Patterns

Question 1

Indigenous

Answer 1

A group of people descended from an area’s first inhabitants.

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

Forms of a language unique to a particular to a particular place or group.

Question 3

Patois

Answer 3

Dialects that blend elements of indigenous, European, African, and Asian Languages.

Question 4

Urbanization

Answer 4

The migration of people from the countryside to cities as well as the change from a rural to an urban society that accompanies this movement.

Question 5

Megacity

Answer 5

Cities with more than 10 million people.

Question 6

Primate City

Answer 6

An urban area that dominates its country’s economy, culture, and political affairs.