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NatGeoUnit 2

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show Where people live within a geographic area  
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Clustered population   show
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show Long term patterns of weather in an area.  
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Human Migration   show
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show the number of people occupying a unit of land  
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show the total number of people per unit area of land. (Total number of people/total land area)  
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Physiological density   show
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show Land that can be used to grow crops  
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show the total number of farmers per unit of arable land  
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Subsistence Agricultre   show
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Carrying Capacity   show
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show number of people in a dependent age group (under 15 over 65) divided by the number of people in the working-age group (15-64)  
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Sex Ratio   show
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show data about structures and characteristics of human populations  
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Fertility   show
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Crude Birth Rate   show
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show the average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years  
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show deaths  
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show number of deaths of a given population per year per 1,000 people  
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Infant Mortality Rate   show
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show the average number of years a person is expected to live.  
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Population Pyramid   show
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show Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate  
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show number of years in which a population growing at a certain rate will double (70/RNI)  
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show growth and development of cities  
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show population that exceeds its sustainable size or carrying capacity.  
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show Raises concerns about sustainable use of the planet  
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Demographic Transition Model   show
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show Describes changes in mortality, life expectancy, and population age distribution as a result of causes of DEATH  
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Anti-Natalist   show
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show encourage births and aim to accelerate population growth  
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show movement from one location to another  
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Circulation   show
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show permanent movement of people from one place to another  
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Emigration   show
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show movement into a location  
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show difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location (can be negative or positive)  
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gravity model   show
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Voluntary Migration   show
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Forced migration   show
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Transnational migration   show
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show movement within a countries borders  
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friction of distance   show
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show migration practiced by nomads who move herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer and lower elevations during winter.  
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Chain Migration   show
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show series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination  
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show an occurrence that holds migrants back  
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Intervening Opportunity   show
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show migrants who travel to a new country as temporary laborers  
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Circular Migration   show
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Refugee   show
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Asylum   show
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show people who have been forced to flee their homes but remain within their country's borders.  
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show movement from one region of the country to another  
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show movement within one region of the ocuntry  
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show limits on the number of immigrants allowed into a country each year  
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kinship links   show
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Remittances   show
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show the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another often richer country  
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relocation diffusion   show
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Ravenstein's Laws of Migration   show
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