2.1 Vocab

Question 1

the space in which daily activity occurs

Answer 1

activity space

Question 2

the proportion of individuals of different ages within a population.

Answer 2

age distribution

Question 3

a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population

Answer 3

Age Structure Diagrams

Question 4

measures the number of farmers per unit area of farmland

Answer 4

Agricultural Density

Question 5

Immune system disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Answer 5

AIDS

Question 6

the total number of people in any given area as compared to one square unit of land.

Answer 6

Arithmetic Density

Question 7

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

Answer 7

Asylum Seeker

Question 8

A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 (post WWII) in a time of relative peace and prosperity.

Answer 8

Baby Boom

Question 9

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Answer 9

Brain Drain/Gain

Question 10

The ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people.

Answer 10

Carrying Capacity

Question 11

counts the population of a nation, state, or other geographic region.

Answer 11

census

Question 12

the social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow one another to a different city

Answer 12

chain migration

Question 13

annual number of deaths of children under the age of 5, compared with total live births
(also calculated as number of deaths per 1,000 births).

Answer 13

child mortality rate

Question 14

COME BACK

Answer 14

china

Question 15

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

Answer 15

circulation

Question 16

a population group that’s distinguished by a certain characteristic

Answer 16

Cohort

Question 17

A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.

Answer 17

Colony

Question 18

birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery.

Answer 18

Contraception

Question 19

the process by which a significant portion of the population of an urban center starts to migrate away from the city to live in suburbs or rural areas.

Answer 19

Counterurbanization

Question 20

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

Answer 20

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Question 21

the ratio of the number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a given population.

Answer 21

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Question 22

a tool demographers use to categorize countries’ population growth rates and economic structures

Answer 22

Demographic Transition Model

Question 23

The study of population characteristics.

Answer 23

Demography

Question 24

the percentage of people within a population who are either too young or too old to work and must therefore be supported by the labor of working adults within that population.

Answer 24

Dependency Ratio

Question 25

the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs.

Answer 25

Diaspora

Question 26

the amount of time it takes for the population of a region to double

Answer 26

doubling time

Question 27

inhabited land

Answer 27

Ecumene

Question 28

Moving out of an area/leaving one country to move to another.

Answer 28

Emigration

Question 29

commonly found within a certain area, but not commonly found outside that area (disease)

Answer 29

Endemic

Question 30

changing patterns of population distributions in relation to changing patterns of mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and leading causes of death.

Answer 30

Epidemiological Transition

Question 31

the ability of a population or a social community to reliably access enough nutrition to survive and flourish.

Answer 31

Food Security

Question 32

the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region

Answer 32

Forced Migration