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APHG Unit II Vocab

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Definition
Agricultural Density   show
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show Government policies that discourage couples from having children  
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Arable   show
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Arithmetic Density   show
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Asylum   show
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Baby boom   show
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show A period of lower birth rates, usually occurs after a baby boom.  
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Birth deficit   show
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Brain drain   show
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Carrying capacity   show
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Census   show
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show Process where immigrants follow their friends or family to another place  
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show A population group distinguished by a certain characteristic  
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Counter Migration   show
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Crude Birth Rate   show
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show The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people.  
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Demographic Transition   show
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Demography   show
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Dependent population   show
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Dependency ratio   show
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Distance decay   show
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show The amount of time it takes for a population to double  
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show A period of high birth rates that occurs when children from a baby boom reach childbearing age  
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Ecumene   show
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show People who leave a country  
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show Causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition  
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Epidemiology   show
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Expansive population pyramid   show
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Forced migration   show
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Gravity Model of Migration   show
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show People who move into a country  
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Industrial Revolution   show
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Infant Mortality Rate   show
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show Someone who is forced to leave their home, but stays within their country of residence  
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show Any force that limits human migration  
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Life expectancy   show
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Malthusian Theory   show
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show Advances in medical technology that led to drop in crude death rate. Begun in Europe and North America and later diffused to Africa, South America, and Asia  
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show Area from 30-60 degrees north and south of the Equator, known for mild climates and good soil  
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show A permanent move to a new location  
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Natural Increase Rate   show
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show People concerned that the planet will run out of materials (fossil fuels, etc.). They no longer believe the earth will run out of food.  
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show A situation in which there are too many people and not enough resources in a given area  
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show Outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide  
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Physiological Density   show
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show Where people are located in a given area  
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show How crowded a given area is  
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show Method for measuring the age and sex of a given population  
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show People from 15-64 in a country's population, expected to be society's labor force  
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Pro-Natalist Policies   show
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Pull Factors   show
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show Things that make people want to move out of a country  
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Ravenstein's Laws of Migration   show
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Refugees   show
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Remittances   show
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show Migrants voluntarily move back to their country of origin  
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Sex ratio   show
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Stationary Population Pyramid   show
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Step Migration   show
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Total Fertility Rate   show
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show Someone moves to another place because they choose to  
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Xenophobia   show
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show Term for when the population of a country stops growing and the natural increase rate is 0%  
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