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Population & Migrate
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Population Density | The average number of people per square mile in a country or state |
| Population Pyramid | A picture that shows the distribution of age groups in a country's population |
| Refugee | When a person flees their country due to fear of persecution, war, or political oppression |
| Urban Sprawl | Using rural land to expand the city |
| Crude Death Rate | number of deaths per 1000 in a given year in a country |
| Zoning | Keeps apartments, homes, factories and businesses separate from each other |
| Total Fertility Rate | Average number of of live births per woman in her lifetime |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Number of infants who die out of 1000 in their first year of life |
| Crude Birth Rate | number of live births per 1000 in a given year in a country |
| Eminent Domain | When the government requires you to sell your land to them for government needs (Ex- building a road) |
| Gentrification | When middle class or wealthy people renovate and rebuild run down places |
| Stage 1 | High birth rates and high death rates- about equal |
| Stage 2 | High birth rates and low death rates |
| Stage 3 | Low death rates and declining birth rates |
| Stage 4 | Low birth rates and Low death rates |
| Stage 5 | Low death rates and even lower birth rates |
| Population Density Formula | Population divided by land area |
| Immigrants | People that come into a new country |
| Emmigrants | People leaving their home country |
| Push Factor | Something that would push you away from a place - make you want to leave |
| Pull Factor | Something that would pull you into a new place- make you want to come there |
| Urbanization | When large numbers of people move into cities |
| Naturalization | process of becoming a citizen |
| Green Card | Allows you to be in the U.S on a permanent basis but does not give a person citizenship |
| Visa | Temporary pass that allows a person to be in the U.S. |
| Concentric Zone Model | City grows from the center ring in a series of rings |
| Sector Model | City develops in a series of sectors |
| Multiple Nuclei Model | City has more than 1 center around which activities revolve |
| Asia | Continent that has the most people |