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Population& Movement
Vocab for Core concepts Part 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Demographers | scientists who study human populations |
| Birth Rate | the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year |
| Death Rate | the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
| Infant Mortality Rate | the number of infant death per 1,000 births |
| Population Distribution | the spreading of people over an area of land |
| Population Density | the number of people per unit of land |
| Migration | the movement of people from one place to another |
| Emigrate | to migrate out of a place |
| Immigrate | to migrate into a place |
| Push Factor | causes of migration that push people to leave their home country |
| Pull Factor | pull, or attract, people to new countries |
| Urban | located in cities |
| Rural | settlement in the country |
| Urbanization | movement of people from rural to urban areas |
| Slum | poor overcrowded urban neighborhood |
| Suburban Sprawl | spread of suburbs away from the core city |