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AP HuG Unit Two

AP HuG Unit Two Review

TermDefinition
Emigration To migrate away from a country into another one.
Immigration To migrate into a country.
Population distribution The way a population is organized (clustered, dispersed)
Industrial revolution The transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.
Agricultural density The comparison of the number of farmers to the area of arable land.
Arable land Land that is suitable for growing crops
Arithmetic density The comparison of the total population of an area divided by the total area
Ecumene Land that is permanently populated by humans
Intervening obsticles Barriers that make it harder for an immigrant to reach their desired destination.
Intervening opportunities Opportunities migrants occur on route that disrupt their original migration plan
Physiological density The comparison of the total population divided by the amount of arable land
Pull factors Positive factors that attract people to a certain area
Push factors Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where someone lives that compels them to leave.
Carrying capacity The number of people a region can support without damaging the environment
Overpopulation When a region has more people than it can support.
Replacement-fertility level The level of fertility at which a population replaces itself from one gen to the next.
Age-sex ratio How long people tend to live based on sex.
Population pyramid A graph that shows info on birth rates, death rates, and life expectancy based on sex.
zero population growth When the crude birth rate and crude death rate are equal so the population remains the same
Crude birth rate Number of births in a country in one year per 1000 people
Crude death rate Number of deaths in a country in one year per 1000 people
Demography The statistical study of human populations
Doubling time The estimated amount of time it will take for a country's population to double
Fertility The ability for women to have children
Infant mortality rate The measurement of how many infants in a country each year per 1000 children will die
Medical revolution When medical technology is diffused to poorer countries.
Mortality Mortality is the ability to die
Rate of Natural Increase The crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
Total fertility rate The average amount of children a women has in her life
Demographic transition model A graph that shows the five typical stages of population change
Epidemiological transition model Shows predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop.
Anti-natalist policies Programs designed to decrease fertility rate
Pro-natalist policies Programs designed to increase fertility rate
Contraception The intentional prevention of pregnancy
Dependency ratio The comparison between the dependent population and the potential workforce
Graying population The percentage of a population over 65
Life expectancy The average age people live in their individual countries
Asylum seeker Someone who seeks asylum; or protection granted by a country to an immigrant who has a fear of harm or death if they return home.
Chain migration The trend that when people immigrate, they migrate towards people they know
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