Ch. 2 - Population and Migration

Question 0

Coyote

Answer 0

A nickname given to a person who is hired to assist illegal immigrants into the United States, often at a cost that does not depend upon success of entry

Question 1

Arithmetic Density

Answer 1

Determined by dividing the population of a country by the total land area

Question 2

Crude birth rate

Answer 2

The number of births in a society per 1000 people

Question 3

Crude death rate

Answer 3

The number of deaths in a society per 1000 people

Question 4

Cyclic movement

Answer 4

The seasonal migration of livestock to areas where more food is available

Question 5

Demographic equation

Answer 5

Determines the population growth rate for the world by subtracting global deaths from global births

Question 6

Demography

Answer 6

The scientific study of population characteristics that analyze population trends and predicts future occurrences based on current statistics

Question 7

Dependency ratio

Answer 7

Determined by comparing the sum of persons age 0-14 and over 65 to those age 15-64; children and the elderly depend on the population’s workforce for support

Question 8

Distance decay

Answer 8

The lessening of a phenomenon as the distance from the hearth increases

Question 9

Dowry death

Answer 9

A term used to describe a situation in certain countries where the bride is killed because of her inability to pay the promised dowry

Question 10

Emigrants

Answer 10

People who leave a country or region

Question 11

Gravity model

Answer 11

The greater the sphere of influence a city has, the greater the impact (“gravity”) on the other cities around it. This model is usually tested by measuring travel, phone calls, and overall trade between two or more cites

Question 12

Immigrant

Answer 12

A person who emigrates to another country

Question 13

Industrial Revolution

Answer 13

Era, beginning in the 1700s, where mans European countries developed new technologies, spurring a more mechanized farming systems eventually moving them to stage 3 industrial economy

Question 14

Infant mortality rate

Answer 14

The number of babies that die each year before their first birthday

Question 15

Intercontinental migration

Answer 15

The movement of people across an ocean or continent

Question 16

Intervening obstacle

Answer 16

A physical or mental factor that forces individuals too halt and often abort their migration plans

Question 17

Intervening opportunity

Answer 17

Favorable economic opportunity or environmental amenity that causes migrants to stop and stay at a location along their journey

Question 18

J-curve

Answer 18

Developed by Ian Bremme, this curve maps a country based on its “openness” and “stability.” The movements of countries on both of these scales are largely dependent on their economic progress

Question 19

Thomas Malthus

Answer 19

A British economist who, in the late 1700s, concludes that the rate of population was growing faster than agricultural productivity

Question 20

Net migration

Answer 20

The number of immigrants minus the number of emmigrants

Question 21

Overpopulation

Answer 21

The lack of necessary resources to meet the needs of a population in a defined area determined by carrying capacity

Question 22

Physiological density

Answer 22

Similar to arithmetic density but considered more accurate, this is determined by dividing the population of a country only by the land that is usable by humans

Question 23

Place utility

Answer 23

Incentives such as tax breaks and increased recreational opportunities that communities offer to entice people to move there

Question 24

Quotas

Answer 24

Limits put on immigration by certain countries

Question 25

Refugees

Answer 25

People who are forces to leave their country and seek refuge elsewhere, often because of religious or political persecution that may include death

Question 26

Sustainability

Answer 26

The saving of resources for future generations to allow them to live at the same standard of living or higher than the population is living today

Question 27

Total fertility rate

Answer 27

The number of babies that an average woman delivers during her childbearing years

Question 28

Transhumance

Answer 28

The movement of livestock to high elevations during the summer to escape the heat in the valleys and to lower elevations during the winter to escape the severe cold of the mountains

Question 29

Zero population growth

Answer 29

Describes a population in which the crude birth rate equals the crude death rate