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Population& Movement
Vocab for Core concepts Part 6
Term | Definition |
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Demographers | scientists who study human populations |
Birth Rate | the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year |
Death Rate | the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
Infant Mortality Rate | the number of infant death per 1,000 births |
Population Distribution | the spreading of people over an area of land |
Population Density | the number of people per unit of land |
Migration | the movement of people from one place to another |
Emigrate | to migrate out of a place |
Immigrate | to migrate into a place |
Push Factor | causes of migration that push people to leave their home country |
Pull Factor | pull, or attract, people to new countries |
Urban | located in cities |
Rural | settlement in the country |
Urbanization | movement of people from rural to urban areas |
Slum | poor overcrowded urban neighborhood |
Suburban Sprawl | spread of suburbs away from the core city |