2.1 Vocab Flashcards
the space in which daily activity occurs
activity space
the proportion of individuals of different ages within a population.
age distribution
a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a human population
Age Structure Diagrams
measures the number of farmers per unit area of farmland
Agricultural Density
Immune system disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
AIDS
the total number of people in any given area as compared to one square unit of land.
Arithmetic Density
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
Asylum Seeker
A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 (post WWII) in a time of relative peace and prosperity.
Baby Boom
Large-scale emigration by talented people
Brain Drain/Gain
The ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people.
Carrying Capacity
counts the population of a nation, state, or other geographic region.
census
the social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow one another to a different city
chain migration
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).
child mortality rate
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Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
circulation
a population group that’s distinguished by a certain characteristic
Cohort
A territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than completely independent.
Colony
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery.
Contraception
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.
Counterurbanization
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
the ratio of the number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a given population.
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
a tool demographers use to categorize countries’ population growth rates and economic structures
Demographic Transition Model
The study of population characteristics.
Demography
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.
Dependency Ratio
the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs.
Diaspora
the amount of time it takes for the population of a region to double
doubling time
inhabited land
Ecumene
Moving out of an area/leaving one country to move to another.
Emigration
commonly found within a certain area, but not commonly found outside that area (disease)
Endemic
changing patterns of population distributions in relation to changing patterns of mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and leading causes of death.
Epidemiological Transition
the ability of a population or a social community to reliably access enough nutrition to survive and flourish.
Food Security
the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
Forced Migration
