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APHG Unit II Vocab

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Agricultural Density   The number of farmers on a section of arable land.  
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Anti-Natalist Policies   Government policies that discourage couples from having children  
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Arable   Farmable  
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Arithmetic Density   The number of total people on a section of land.  
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Asylum   Moving to another country in hopes of being recognized as a refugee  
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Baby boom   A period of high birth rates, usually occurring after wars  
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Baby bust   A period of lower birth rates, usually occurs after a baby boom.  
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Birth deficit   Term for when the crude death rate exceeds the crude birth rate  
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Brain drain   The most talented and capable individuals leave a country  
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Carrying capacity   The amount of people the land is capable of sustaining  
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Census   An official count of a country's population  
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Chain migration   Process where immigrants follow their friends or family to another place  
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Cohort   A population group distinguished by a certain characteristic  
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Counter Migration   The return of migrants to their country of origin  
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Crude Birth Rate   The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people.  
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Crude Death Rate   The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people.  
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Demographic Transition   A model that describes population change over time  
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Demography   The study of populations and people  
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Dependent population   Nonworking people age 0-14 and over 65  
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Dependency ratio   Ratio of nonworking population versus the working population  
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Distance decay   When something moves further from the source, the connection weakens  
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Doubling time   The amount of time it takes for a population to double  
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Echo   A period of high birth rates that occurs when children from a baby boom reach childbearing age  
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Ecumene   The land on earth in which people live  
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Emigrants   People who leave a country  
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Epidemiologic transition   Causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition  
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Epidemiology   The study of diseases  
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Expansive population pyramid   A population pyramid with a wide base, signalling a high number of births in a country  
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Forced migration   Involuntary migration, usually caused by wars, political persecution, or natural disasters  
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Gravity Model of Migration   A model that measures the interactions of cities or countries with regards to migration. Large cities attract high numbers of people. Small cities attract small numbers  
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Immigrants   People who move into a country  
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Industrial Revolution   Period between 1760 and 1820 marked by rapid improvements in technology and the processing of goods  
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Infant Mortality Rate   Total numbers of deaths of children under 1 year of age in a population  
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Internally Displaced Person   Someone who is forced to leave their home, but stays within their country of residence  
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Intervening obstacles   Any force that limits human migration  
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Life expectancy   The average amount of years a person is expected to live  
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Malthusian Theory   Idea that the world's population will grow faster than the food supply, leading to famine and shortages of food  
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Medical Revolution   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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Midlatitudes   Area from 30-60 degrees north and south of the Equator, known for mild climates and good soil  
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Migration   A permanent move to a new location  
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Natural Increase Rate   Percentage by which the population grows in a year  
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Neo-Malthusians   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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Overpopulation   A situation in which there are too many people and not enough resources in a given area  
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Pandemic   Outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide  
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Physiological Density   Number of people per unit of arable land  
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Population Distribution   Where people are located in a given area  
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Population Density   How crowded a given area is  
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Population Pyramid   Method for measuring the age and sex of a given population  
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Potential Workforce   People from 15-64 in a country's population, expected to be society's labor force  
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Pro-Natalist Policies   Laws in a country that encourage people to have more children  
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Pull Factors   Things that make people want to move into a country  
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Push Factors   Things that make people want to move out of a country  
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Ravenstein's Laws of Migration   A theory of migration that says migrants usually move short distances, migration goes step by step, migrants who move far will move to cities, and each migration current produces a counter-current  
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Refugees   People forced to move from their country of residence to another country  
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Remittances   Money migrants send back to their country of origin  
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Return Migration   Migrants voluntarily move back to their country of origin  
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Sex ratio   The number of men versus women in a given area  
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Stationary Population Pyramid   A population pyramid with a narrow base, signalling lower birth rates and a low natural increase rate  
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Step Migration   Migration that follows a series of stages  
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Total Fertility Rate   The number of children a women is expected to have in her lifetime  
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Voluntary Migration   Someone moves to another place because they choose to  
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Xenophobia   Fear or dislike of foreigners  
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Zero Population Growth   Term for when the population of a country stops growing and the natural increase rate is 0%  
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