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Social Studies Test
Core Concepts Pt. 2
Term | Definition |
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Death Rate | number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
Birth Rate | number of live births per 1,000 people in a year |
Infant Mortality Rate | number of infant deaths per 1,000 births |
Migration | movement of people from one place to another |
Immigrate | to migrate into a place |
Emigrate | to migrate out of a place |
Push Factor | cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country |
Pull Factor | cause of migration that pulls, or attracts, people to new countries |
Demographer | scientist who studies human population |
Population Distribution | measure of the number of people per unit of land |
Population Density | spreading of people over an area of land |
Slum | poor, overcrowded urban neighborhood |
Rural | settlement in the country |
Urban | located in the cities |
Urbanization | movement of people |
Suburban Sprawl | spread of suburbs away from the core city |