Geography-unit 2

Question 1

Carrying capacity

Answer 1

the number of people that an area can hold while providing enough resources

Question 2

Doubling time

Answer 2

Number of years needed to double a population

Question 3

Crude death rate

Answer 3

Number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the region

Question 4

Crude birth rate

Answer 4

Number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the region

Question 5

Natural increase rate

Answer 5

Percentage by which a population grows in a year (excluding migration)

Question 6

Infant mortality

Answer 6

Annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age

Question 7

Life expectancy

Answer 7

The average number of years a gender is expected to live

Question 8

Population pyramid

Answer 8

Bar graph that displays the percentage of a places population for each age and gender

Question 9

Demographic transition model

Answer 9

shows changes in birth rates and death rates in countries over time

Question 10

Overpopulation

Answer 10

an undesirable condition where the number of people on earth is greater than its carrying capacity

Question 11

Population density

Answer 11

population Density (3 kinds- Arithmetic density, physiological density, agricultural density)

Question 12

migration,

Answer 12

movement between two places

Question 13

immigration,

Answer 13

movement into a country

Question 14

emigration,

Answer 14

movement out of one country

Question 15

internal migration,

Answer 15

Move across countries

Question 16

interregional migration,

Answer 16

moving between countries

Question 17

intraregional migration

Answer 17

movement within a region

Question 18

forced migration,

Answer 18

made to leave by government/authority

Question 19

voluntary migration,

Answer 19

a person who chooses to leave their home country

Question 20

refugee

Answer 20

person who must leave in order to live

Question 21

chain migration

Answer 21

chain migration

Question 22

remittance

Answer 22

Money sent back to one’s home country

Question 23

stage 1

Answer 23

high birth rate and high death rate and stable growth

Question 24

stage 2

Answer 24

high growth increase. High birth rate. Rapidly falling death rate

Question 25

stage 3

Answer 25

falling birth and death rate. Increase slows down but still going up

Question 26

stage 4

Answer 26

low or zero growth. Low death rate, low birth rate

Developed countries are most likely to be in this stage

Question 27

arithmetic density

Answer 27

total objects in an area- 200 people/ square mile

Question 28

physiological density

Answer 28

number of people supported by unit of arable (farmable) land

Question 29

agricultural density

Answer 29

number of farmers to the arable land

Question 30

what is arable land

Answer 30

farmable land