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  • Conflict is the source of inequality is people competing for scare resources
  • Functionalist is Society Should be composed of func members fulfilling unequal roles to maintain itself.
  • Means of production are the land, factories, tools, and capital which are utilized for wealth accumulation 
  • Innovation -the development of an existing product or system 
  • Technological innovation- advancement in the invention or improvement of products and technologies processes
  • Social innovation- development or improvements on existing social practices 
  • Diffusion- how an innovation or idea is spend among the members of society
  • Acculturation- occurs when individuals adopt a new culture through continuous exposure or interaction
  • Assimilation- occurs when individuals or groups from different cultures interact and share their belief, experiences and values
  • Demography- refers to the statistical study of human populations
  • Fertility- production of offspring
  • Fecundity- ability to bear offspring
  • morality - factors causing death and corresponding rates of death
  • Life expectancy - overage lifespan of an individual.
  • Migration- the movement of people from one place to other.
  • Internal- movement to another location in the same country
  • International- movement from one country to another country
  • Transnational- occurs when migration maintains network and affiliation in their homeland
  • Push-pull theory - commonly used in exploring why people choose to leave and migrate to another location
  • Push factor- refers to the conditions such as oppressive laws, high cost of living and high risk surroundings , that ”push“ people out of territory
  • Pull factor- the opportunities a location offers that “pull” a migrant.
  • mitigation- reducing the carbon emission.
  • Adaptation- learning how to live with climate change
  • Genocide - dominant group
  • Interethnic conflict - political conflict
  • Social contradictions- tension or conflict
  • Class struggle - conflict among social classes