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chapter 3
geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is population | the number of people who live in a specific area |
| what are the three things that make up population growth | birth rate, death rate and rate of natural increase |
| what factors effect where people live | fertile soil, fresh water |
| what is the difference between a push factor and a pull factor | push- cause for leaving pull- attract people to an area |
| what is a refugee | person fleeing to safety |
| what is a natural resource | something found in nature necessary or useful to Humans |
| Name four basic economic systems | Tradition, command , market and mixed |
| what does GDP stand for | Gross domestic product |
| types of governments | a) democracy b) dictatorship c)monarchy d)oligarchy e)communism |
| migration | relocating to a new region |
| demographer | geographers who study human population |
| urban areas | cities and their suburbs |
| rural areas | farms and small villages |
| habitable lands | worlds largest population lives in this area |