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World Geo Unit 3
Population & Demographics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clustering | Patterns close together |
| Circulation Movement | repetitive movement on a regular basis |
| Immigration | migration into a location |
| Emigration | migration out of a location |
| Push Factor | leads people to move out of their present location. |
| Pull Factor | leads people to move into a new location |
| Literacy Rate | percent of a population that can read and write |
| Birth Rate | number of births per thousand people each year |
| Death Rate | number of deaths per thousand people each year |
| Life Expectancy | average amount of time a person may expect to live |
| Infant Mortality Rate | number of infant deaths for every 1000 births |
| Infrastructure | structures and facilities needed to operate a society (roads) |
| Overpopulation | occurs when the population exceeds carrying capacity |
| Population Density | the measurement of the number of people or organisms living in a specific unit of land are |
| Population Distrubution | the pattern of where people live across a specific geographic area |