human geography chapter 10
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| demography | the study of population numbers, distribution, trends, and issues
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| developed country | a country with a highly developed economy and infrastructure snf high living standards.
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| birth rate | the number of births per 100 people in a country in a given year.
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| death rate | the number of deaths per 1000 people in a country in a given year.
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| immigration rate | the number of new arrivals in a country in a given year per 1000 people
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| emigration rate | the numver of people leaving a country in a given year per 100 people
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| natural in crease (NI) | the rate at which a population increases (or decreases) in a year expressed as a percentage of the total population; calculated by substracting the death rate from birth rate.
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| exponential rate | a rapid rate of population growth as each generation doubles in size
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| rule of 70 | the time it takes a country to double its population, approximately 70 divided by the country's growth rate
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| doubling time | the number of years it takes a country to double it's population at its current growth rate
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| net migration | the diffrence between the number of people immigrating to a country and the number of people emigrating
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| migrant | a person who moves from one region to another
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| census | the process of collecting, compiling, and publishing demographic, economic, and social data about all people living in a particular area
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| population growth rate | the rate at which a country's population increases or decreases; calculated by adding natural increase and net migration
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| life expectancy | the average number of years an individual is expected to live
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| demography transition model | a model that shows changes in a population's birth and death rates and growth based on technological development
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| industrialization | the overall change in a society from a farm production and craftsmanship to mechanized manufacturing production
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| urbanization | the move of people from farms to cities where jobs are available
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| mortality | deaths in a population
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| population pyramid | a bar graph that shows male and female population back to back at age intervals of five years
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| age cohort | an age group in a population for ecampl the number of people betweenthe age of 10 and 14
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| dependency ratio | the proportion of the population 9children and those over 65 years of age) that is being supported by the working age group
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| dependency load | the percentage of a population that is younger than 15 or older than 64 years of age
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| neo-Malthusians | people who share Malthus' pessimistic views regarding population growth
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| accredation | recognition of meeting an official standard
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| carrying capacity | the maximum number of people that canbe sustained by an environment
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| ecological footprint | the impact of humans on the environment.
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| cornucopians | people who have a optimistic few on population growth due to advances in science and technology
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| demographic regulation | the theory that population growth will level off as living standards improve
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| population distribution | the pattern of where people live in an area
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| ecumene | the populated area of the world
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| population density | the number of people living in a given area; calculate by dividing the population by it's area
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| nutritional density | a measure of how much nutrition in calories can be produced from a certain area
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