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Civics Ch 1 sect 3
The American People Today
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| census | an official, periodic counting of a population |
| demographics | the study of the characteristics of a human population |
| birthrate | the annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population |
| death rate | the annual number of deaths per 1,000 members of a country’s population |
| migration | a movement of large numbers of people from region to region |
| territory | an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state |