Ch.3 Sec. 1

Question 1

Death Rate

Answer 1

the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.

Question 2

Birthrate

Answer 2

the number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Question 3

Famine

Answer 3

extreme scarcity of food.

Question 4

Population density

Answer 4

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans.

Question 5

urbanization

Answer 5

Urbanization is a word for becoming more like a city. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas.

Question 6

emigrate

Answer 6

leave one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another.

Question 7

refugee

Answer 7

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