geography unit 2 Flashcards
Agricultural density
The number of farmers to the total amount of land for suitable agriculture
antinatalist
Polices that don’t want you to have children
arable
crops that can be grown/ or that are suitable
Arithmetic density
total amount of people divided by total amount of land
Asylum seekers
People who migrate to other countries, in hope of being seen as a refugee
Brain drain
Emigration by talented or smart people, such as exiting a country due to unfair social rights
carrying capacity
The largest of population that the environment can support.
chain migration
migration of people to a specific location due to the same nationality of the previously migrated
circulation
short term movements that recur on a regular basis
CBR is?
Crude birth rate, and the total number of live births rates for every 1,000 people alive in a society.
CDR is?
Crude death rate, and the number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.
demographic transition
The process of changes in society’s population having to do with High crude birth and death rates and low rates of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population
demography
The study of population characteristics
dependency ratio
the number of people that are under the ages of 15 and over the ages of 64 compared to the active people in labor
doubling time
the number of years needed to double a population’s time.
ecumene
the portion of the earths surface occupied by the human settlement
emigration
migration from a location or exiting a country
epidemic
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease within one region
fertility
the production of offspring within another country
epidemiology
the study or disease, or anything having to do with health
guest workers
A person who has temporary permission within another country
immigration
migration to a new location or entering a new country
What is IFR?
Infant Fertility rate, and The total amount of 1,000 infants dead per year
Internal migration
permanent migration within a particular country
internally displaced person
someone who has been forced to move just for the same reasons as a refugee but did not cross the border line
interregional migration
permanent movement from 1 region to another
intervening obstacle
A feature that delays the time of getting to a current location
intervening opportunity
The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly ignores about the job you were once going to
life expectancy
An expected amount of an individual lives given, social, economic, and medical conditions
migration
form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location
mortality
death rate
What is NIR?
Natural increase rate, and The percentage growth of population per year
net migration
The different levels between immigration and emigration
pandemic
disease that affects multiple regions
physiological density
the number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is signs of suitable agricultural
population pyramid
A bar representing the distribution of population by age and sex
pronatalist
a government policy that encourages to have children.
pull factor
factor that induce people to move to a new location
push factor
factors that induce people people to leave an old residence
Quota
A law that places maximum limits on a number of population who can immigrate to a country each year
refugee
A person who is forced to migrate from their home country because of their race, religion and other types of things too
remittance
money migrants send back to family or friends in their countries, usually in cash
sex ratio
the number of males per 100 females in the population
What is TFR?
total fertility rate, and the average number of children born to a women during childbearing years
transhumance
the seasonal migration of a livestock between lowland and low land pastures
transnational migration
regular movement of a person between 2 or more countries resulting in a new cultural identity
urbanization
An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living urban settlements
intraregional migration
permanent movement within 1 region
