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Population distribution

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Where people live in a geographic area

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Temperate climate

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Climate with moderate temperatures and adequate precipitation amounts

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Human migration

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The physical movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over long distances or in large groups

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Population density

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The number of people occupying a unit of land

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Arithmetic density

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Measures the total number of people per unit area of land. Calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area

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Physiological density

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The number of people per unit of area of arable land (land suitable for agriculture)

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Arable land

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Land suitable for agriculture

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Subsistence agriculture

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Farming that takes place in providing crops and livestock for only the farmers families and close community. Common in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries where there are fewer mechanical resources available to work the land and more people are needed to care for crops and livestock

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Carrying capacity

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The maximum population size an environment can sustain

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Dependency ratio

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The number of people in the dependent age group (under age 15 or 65 and older) divided by the number of people in the working age group (ages 15-64) divided by 100

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Sex ratio

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The proportion of males to females in population

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Demographics

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Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.

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Fertility

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Ability to produce children

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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

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The number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

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Total Fertility Rate (FTR)

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Average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (ages 15-49)

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Mortality

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Deaths

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Life expectancy

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The average number of years an individual can be expected to live. Life expectancy at birth id the average number of years a newborn infant can be expected to live.
Average for peripheral countries: 50
Average for core countries: 80

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Population pyramid

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Graphs that show the age-sex distribution of a given population

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Crude Death Rate (CDR)

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The number of death of a given population per year per 1,000 people

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Baby boom

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A period marked by a significant increase of the birth rate

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Agricultural density

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Measures the total number of farmers per unit of arable land. When countries have a high agricultural density - most of the farmers are subsistence farmers

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Demographics

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Data about the structure and characteristics of human populations

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births

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Working age (on the pop. Pyramid)

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This is how many people within the population are capable of working to sustain the 2 dependent groups

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Young dependents (on the pop. Pyramid)

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Age 0-14, young dependents

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Cohorts (on the pop. pyramid)

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Cohorts are age categories. Population pyramids divide the population into 5 year cohorts (age/sex groupings)

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Male gender (on pop. pyramid)

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Population pyramids are divided by sex

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Female gender (on pop. pyramid)

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Population pyramids are divided by sex

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Measurement (on pop. pyramid)

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Population pyramids are normally expressed in millions or %

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Elderly dependents (on pop. Pyramid)

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Elderly (age 60+) dependent group of the population