APHUG VOCAB WORDS

Question 1

Emigration

Answer 1

the act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another

Question 2

Environmental degradation

Answer 2

the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil

Question 3

Immigration

Answer 3

the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Question 4

Population distribution

Answer 4

the spread of people across the world

Question 5

Industrial revolution

Answer 5

the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States

Question 6

Agricultural density

Answer 6

the number of farmers per unit area of farmland

Question 7

Arable land

Answer 7

land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops

Question 8

Arithmetic density

Answer 8

the number of people per unit area of land

Question 9

Ecumene

Answer 9

portion of earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement

Question 10

Intervening obstacle

Answer 10

an environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration

Question 11

Intervening opportunity

Answer 11

a feature that causes a migrant to choose a destination other than his original one

Question 12

Physiological density

Answer 12

the number of people per unit area of arable land

Question 13

Pull factor

Answer 13

something that attracts people to go and live in a particular place

Question 14

Push factor

Answer 14

something that makes people want to leave a place or escape from a particular situation

Question 15

Carrying capacity

Answer 15

the maximum number of people who can be realistically sustained by the geography of that area

Question 16

Overpopulation

Answer 16

when a region has exceeded its carrying capacity

Question 17

Replacement-fertility level

Answer 17

the total fertility rate at which a population exactly replaces itself

Question 18

Age/sex ratio

Answer 18

describes the ages and number of males and females within a given population

Question 19

Population pyramid

Answer 19

A model used to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population

Question 20

Zero population growth

Answer 20

the maintenance of a population at a constant level

Question 21

Crude birth rate

Answer 21

the total number of live births per 1,000 people

Question 22

Crude death rate

Answer 22

the number of deaths in a per 1,000 people

Question 23

Demography

Answer 23

the study of human populations and the process through which populations change.

Question 24

Doubling time

Answer 24

the time it takes for a population to double in size

Question 25

Fecundity

Answer 25

the ability to produce an abundance of offspring

Question 26

Fertility

Answer 26

the ability to conceive children or young

Question 27

Infant mortality rate

Answer 27

the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births

Question 28

Medical revolution

Answer 28

medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa

Question 29

Mortality

Answer 29

the state of being subject to death

Question 30

Rate of natural increase

Answer 30

the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year

Question 31

Total fertility rate

Answer 31

the average number of children that would be born to a woman

Question 32

Demographic transition model

Answer 32

shows population change over time

Question 33

Epidemiologic transition

Answer 33

the changing patterns of disease and causes of death seen in human history

Question 34

Pro-natalist policies

Answer 34

a population policy which aims to encourage more births

Question 35

Anti-natalist policy

Answer 35

a population policy which aims to discourage births

Question 36

Contraception

Answer 36

the deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy

Question 37

Dependency ratio

Answer 37

measure of the number of dependents aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, compared with the total population aged 15 to 64

Question 38

Graying population

Answer 38

the fact that a population is steadily becoming more dominated by older people

Question 39

Life expectancy

Answer 39

the average time a human is expected to live

Question 40

Asylum seeker

Answer 40

a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another

Question 41

Chain migration

Answer 41

the social process by which migrants from a particular town follow others from to a particular destination

Question 42

Forced migration

Answer 42

the involuntary movement of a person or people away from their home or home region

Question 43

Guest worker

Answer 43

a person with temporary permission to work in another country

Question 44

Internally displaced person

Answer 44

someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country

Question 45

Refugee

Answer 45

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

Question 46

Step migration

Answer 46

a migration pattern in which rural inhabitants move closer to urban areas

Question 47

Transhumance

Answer 47

the action of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle

Question 48

Transnational migration

Answer 48

a process of movement and settlement across international borders

Question 49

Voluntary migration

Answer 49

migration based on one's free will and initiative

Question 50

Brain drain

Answer 50

the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country

Question 51

Net migration

Answer 51

the difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants

Question 52

Natural hazard

Answer 52

a natural phenomenon that might have a negative effect on humans and animals

Question 53

Internal migration

Answer 53

human migration within a nation

Question 54

Unauthorized immigrant

Answer 54

the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country

Question 55

Urban

Answer 55

belonging to a town or city