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Topics 2.1-2.12

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Demographic Transition Model   a sequence of demographic changes in which a country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time  
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epidemiology   a branch of medicine that deals with incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health  
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Epidemiological Transition Model   a shift in the disease pattern of a population as mortality fell during the first stages of the demographic transition. Acute infectious diseases were reduced, whereas chronic, degenerative diseases increased. It also meant a gradual upward shirt in the age distribution of deaths.  
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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)   the number of births per 1,000 individuals per year  
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Crude Death Rate (CDR)   the number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year  
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demography   Scientific study of human populations  
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dependency ratio   the number of people under age 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force  
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ecumene   the portion of the earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement  
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infant mortality rate (IMR)   the total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society  
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life expectancy   a figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live  
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Maternal Mortality Rate   Number of deaths per thousand of women giving birth  
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epidemic   a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease  
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pandemic   disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population  
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zero population growth   A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.  
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total fertility rate (TFR)   The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.  
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Malthusian Theory   focuses on how the exponential growth of a population can outpace growth of the food supply and lead to social degradation and disorder  
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Neo-Malthusian Theory   Revisions of Malthusian theory about food production and population growth that include more information, such as taking into account the effects of technology.  
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Boserup Theory   Population growth stimulates intensification in agricultural development- opposite of Malthus theory.  
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immigration policy   government rules governing how individuals can enter a country and how long they are allowed to stay  
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pronatalist   a government policy that encourages or forces childbearing, and outlaws or limits access to contraception  
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antinatalist   Policies that discourage people from having children (China's One Child Policy)  
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contraception   Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring  
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Ravenstein's Laws of Migration   A set of 11 "laws" that can be organized into three groups: the reasons why migrants move, the distance they typically move, and their characteristics.  
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xenophobia   a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers  
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population distribution   a description of how individuals are distributed with respect to one another  
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population density   a measurement of the number of people per given unit of land  
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arithmetic densiy   the total number of people divided by the total land area  
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arable land   land suited for agriculture  
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physiological density   the number of people per unit of area of arable land  
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agricultural density   the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture  
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carrying capacity   largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support  
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sex ratio   the number of males per 100 females in the population  
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age cohort   people born at roughly the same time who pass through the course of life together  
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population pyramid   a model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular area  
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Baby Boom   a cohort of individuals born in the USA between 1946 and 1964 which was a time of relative peace and prosperity following WW2  
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mortality   the state of being subject to death  
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fertility   the production of offspring within a population  
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doubling time   the number of years needed to double a population assuming a constant rate of natural increase  
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natural increase   the growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate  
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demography   the scientific study of population characteristics  
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demographics   statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it  
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Migration   Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.  
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Push Factors   Incentives for potential migrants to leave a place, such as a harsh climate, economic recession, or political turmoil.  
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pull factors   Positive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas  
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intervening opportunities   The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away.  
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intervening obstacles   An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.  
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forced migration   Human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate.  
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voluntary migration   Permanent movement undertaken by choice.  
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refugees   People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.  
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internally displaced person   People who have been displaced within their own countries and do not cross international borders as they flee.  
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asylum seeker   Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee  
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transnational migration   regular movement of a person between two or more countries resulting in a new cultural identity  
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internal migration   Permanent movement within a particular country.  
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chain migration   migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there  
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circular migration   The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.  
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migration transition   Migration trends follow demographic transition stages. People become increasingly mobile as industrialization develops. More international migration is seen in stage 2 as migrants search for more space and opportunities in countries in stages 3 and 4. Stage-4 countries show less emigration and more intraregional migration  
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net migration   The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.  
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step migration   Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages, for example, from farm to nearby village and later to a town and city  
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guest worker   a foreign laborer living and working temporarily in another country  
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intraregional migration   Permanent movement within one region of a country.  
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interregional migration   movement from one region of a country to another  
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international migration   Permanent movement from one country to another.  
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emigration   movement of individuals out of an area  
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environmental degradation   damage to or destruction of the natural environment  
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brain drain   the loss of highly educated and skilled workers to other countries  
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remittances   Money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries  
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