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Unit 2 APHG
Population and migration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arithmetic density | the population of a country or region as an average per unit area |
| physiological density | the number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land |
| do distribution maps | maps where different dots represent a number of people |
| megalopolis | designated coalescing super cities |
| census | official periodic count of people in a region |
| doubling time | the amount of time it takes for a population to double |
| natural increase | population growth measured as excess of birth rates minus birth deaths |
| crude birth rate | the number of births yearly per thousand |
| crude death rate | number of deaths yearly per thousand |
| demographic transition | Multistage model of changes in population growth showed by industrial countries |
| stationlary population level | a level where national population ceases to grow |
| population composition | aspects of population |
| population pyramid | a pyramid that displays percentages of each age group and gender in the total population |
| infant moratlity rate | the number of deaths of babies less than one year old (out of thousand) |
| child morality rate | the number of deaths of children 1-5 years old (out of thousand) |
| life expectancy | the average someone is expected to live |
| expansive population policies | Government policies that encourage large families and population growth |
| eugenic population policies | GOvernment policies to try and favor one race over another |
| restrictive population policies | government policies that try to encourage small families and discourage population growth |
| nomadism | movement among definite set of places often cyclic movement |
| migrant labor | type of periodic movement where people move across borders for work |
| transhumance | seasonal periodis movement of pastoralists and their livestock |
| migration | a change in residence intended to be permanent |
| international migration | human movement across international borders |
| internal migration | human movement within national borders |
| forced migration | humand movement where the people have no choice but to move |
| voluntary migrateion | migration where people chose to migrate |
| laws of migration | developed by British Demographer to predict flow of migration |
| gravity model | a mathimatical prediction of interaction of places |
| pull factors | positive conditions that attract imigrants |
| push factors | Negative conditions that induce emigrants to leave |
| step migration | migration to a distant location in stages (villiage to town to city) |
| intervening opportunity | the presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the appeal of the far site |
| kinship links | Pattern of migration that develops whien migrants decisions of location is where family and friends have found success |
| chain migration | pattern of migration that develops when a migrant moves and contacts friends or kin |
| imigration waves | phenomenon where different [atterms pf chain migration build to make a swell in migration |
| colonization | Physical process where colonizer takes over area |
| islands of development | place built by government or corperation to attract foreign investment |
| guest worker | legal immigrant who has a work visa |
| refugee | people who have fled their country because of political persecution |
| internal refugee | people who have been dispolaced within international borders |
| international refuggee | refugees who crossed 1 or more international border during dislocation |
| asylum | shelter and protection for refugees |
| immigration laws | laws and regulations of a state designed specifically to control immigration |
| quotas | established bu gov. to only allow so many immigrants in a year |
| selective immigrataion | Process to control immigration whish individuals with certain background are barred out |
| age-sex distribution | a model that describes the ages and number of boys and girls within a given population |
| baby boom | a cohort of individuals born in US between 1946-1964 |
| baby bust | period of time in 1960s and 70s where birth rates in US dropped (baby boonm gen sought education) |
| census tract | small country subdivisions |
| cohort | population group undefined by a specific trait |
| Cotton Belt | the term by which American South used to be known as historically dominated by agricultural economy of region |
| dependency ratio | pendency ration |
| emigration ratio | # of people who are too old or young to provide work |
| exponential growth | growth of a population when fixed percentage is added to population each year |
| intervening obstacels | any force or factors that may limit human migration |
| Rust belt | The northern industrial states of the US which heavy industry was once dominant economy |
| carrying capacity | the largest # of people an enviornment can sustain |
| demography | the study of human populations |
| Generation X | people born in US between 1965 - 1980 |
| involuntary migration | forced migration |
| Sun belt | US region which has grown dramatically since WWII |
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