Chapter 3 test 1

Question 1

population distribution

Answer 1

where people live in a geographic area

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

the long time pattern of weather in a particular area

Question 3

landforms

Answer 3

the natural features of Earth’s surface

Question 4

human migration

Answer 4

the permanent movement of people from one place to another

Question 5

population density

Answer 5

the number of people occupying a unit of land

Question 6

arithmetic density

Answer 6

the total number of people per unit area of land; also called crude density

Question 7

physiological density

Answer 7

the total number of people per unit of arable land

Question 8

arable land

Answer 8

land that can be used to grow crops

Question 9

agricultural density

Answer 9

the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

Question 10

subsistence agriculture

Answer 10

an agricultural practice that provides crops or livestock to feed ones family and close community using fewer mechanical resources and more people to care for the livestock and crops

Question 11

carrying capacity

Answer 11

the maximum population size an environment can sustain