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AP Human Vocab 2
Vocab for Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| age distribution | graph showing the number of males and females of a population in a particular age group |
| carry capacity | population level that can be supported with the quantity of food, habitat, and shelter |
| cohort | population of various age groups |
| demographic equation | formula that calculates population change |
| demographic regions | shows how different parts of the world are in different stages of the demographic transition |
| demographic transition model | has 5 levels; 1 is low growth, 2 is high, 3 is moderate, 4 is low, and 5 is 0 or negative |
| dependency ratio | ratio between people too young/old to work and people that can |
| diffusion of fertility control | ratio that shows how many kids a mother is having |
| disease diffusion | how a disease spreads |
| doubling time | number of years needed to double a population |
| ecumene | proportion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement |
| epidemiological transition model | distinctive cause of death in stages of demographic transition |
| gendered space | place where members of only one gender go |
| infant mortality rate | annual number of infant deaths compared to total live births |
| j-curve | projection of population shows exponential growth |
| maladaptation | as the world changes, so do the things around it |
| malthus, thomas | more people than the amount of food |
| mortality | average number of years someone can expect to live |
| natality | ratio of live births in an area to the population of an area |
| neo-mathulsian | builds up on malthu's thoughts; takes into account growth in less developed countries, and diminishing of other resources |
| overpopulation | relationship between the number of people on Earth and the amount of resources |
| population density | frequency of people in an area |
| arithmetic density | total number of objects in an area |
| physiological density | number of people per unit of area suitable for agriculture |
| agricultural density | number of farmers per unit of farmland |
| population distribution | arrangement of people in an area |
| population explosion | sudden increase in population in an area |
| population projection | predicts the future population of an area |
| population pyramid | population displayed by age and gender on a bar graph |
| rate of natural increase | rate at which a population grows in a year |
| s-curve | traces the upward or downward movement in a graph |
| sex ratio | the number of males per hundred females in a population |
| standard of living | quality and quantity of goods and services available and how they are distributed within a population |
| sustainability | providing the best outcomes for human and natural environments in the present and future |
| underpopulation | sharp increase in an area's population |
| zero population growth | when the crude birth rate and crude death rate and increase rate approaches zero |
| activity space | given space for a certain industry |
| chain migration | one family member moves to another country and the family follows shortly after |
| cyclic movement | trends in migration with a clear cycle |
| distance decay | contact between two groups diminshes due to distance |
| forced migration | people are forced to move from their country |
| gravity model | location of a service is related to the number of people in an area and the distance that must be travelled to access it |
| internal migration | permanent movement within a country |
| intervening opportunity | environmental or cultural feature of landscape that helps with migration |
| intercontinental (migration) | movement to another country in the same continent |
| interregional (migration) | movement from a region to another in a country |
| rural-urban (migration) | movement from rural areas to urban |
| migratory movement | people moving from one place to another |
| periodic movement | motion that reoccurs throughout time |
| personal space | region surrounding a person that they believe is theirs |
| place utility | usefulness of a place |
| push-pull factors | factors forcing people to move to new locations |
| refugee | people forced to move from their country and fear returning |
| space-time prism | set of points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum speed |
| step migration | migration pattern that consists of small locational changes |
| transhumance | seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pasture areas |
| transmigration | movement from one country to another |
| voluntary | of one's own choice |
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