Population and Migration

Question 1

Arithmetic Density

Answer 1

Determined by dividing the population of a country by the total land area

Question 2

Coyote

Answer 2

A nickname given to a person who is hired to assist illegal immigrants into the United States, often at a cost that does not depend upon success of entry

Question 3

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 3

The number of births in a society per 1,000 people

Question 4

Crude Death Rate

Answer 4

The number of deaths in a society per 1,000 people

Question 5

Cyclic Movement

Answer 5

The seasonal migration of livestock to areas where food is more available

Question 6

Demographic Equation

Answer 6

Determines the population growth rate for the world by subtracting global deaths from global births

Question 7

Demography

Answer 7

The scientific study of population characteristics that analyzes population trends and predicts future occurrences based on current statistics

Question 8

Dependency Ratio

Answer 8

Determined by comparing the sum of persons age 0-14 and over 65 to those age 15-64; children and the elderly depend on the population’s workforce for support

Question 9

Distance Decay

Answer 9

The lessening of a phenomenon as the distance from the hearth increases

Question 10

Dowry Death

Answer 10

This is the term used to describe a situation in certain countries where the bride is killed because of her inability to pay the promised dowry

Question 11

Emigrants

Answer 11

People who leave a country or region

Question 12

Gravity Model

Answer 12

The greater the sphere of influence a city has, the greater its impact (“gravity”) on other cities around it. This model is usually tested by measuring travel, phone calls, and overall trade between two or more cities

Question 13

Immigrant

Answer 13

A person who emigrates to another country

Question 14

Industrial Revolution

Answer 14

Starting in the mid-1700s, many European countries developed new technologies, spurring a more mechanized system of farming and eventually moving them to a stage 3 industrial economy. This transformation brought about many changes, including mass migration to cites and mass production in factories

Question 15

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 15

The number of babies that die each year before their first birthday

Question 16

Intercontinental Migration

Answer 16

The movement of people across an ocean or continent

Question 17

Intervening Obstacle

Answer 17

A physical or mental factor that forces individuals to halt and often abort their migration plans

Question 18

Intervening Opportunity

Answer 18

Favorable economic opportunity or environmental amenity that causes migrants to stop and stay at a location along their journey

Question 19

J-Curve

Answer 19

Developed by Ian Bremme, this curve maps a country based on its “openness” and “stability.” The movements of countries on both of these scales are largely dependent on their economic progress

Question 20

Malthus, Thomas

Answer 20

A British economist who, in the late 1700s, concluded that the rate of population was growing faster than agricultural productivity (hint: Malthus = mal = bad)

Question 21

Net Migration

Answer 21

The number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants

Question 22

Overpopulation

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The lack of necessary resources to meet the needs of a population in a defined area determined by carrying capicity

Question 23

Physiologic Density

Answer 23

Similar to arithmetic density but considered more accurate, this is determined by dividing the population of a country only by the land that is usable by humans

Question 24

Place Utility

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Incentives such as tax breaks and increased recreational opportunities that communities offer to entice people to move there

Question 25

Quotas

Answer 25

Limits put on immigration by certain countries

Question 26

Refugees

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People who are forced to leave their country and seek refuge elsewhere, often because of religious or political persecution that may include death

Question 27

Sustainability

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The saving of resources for future generations to allow them to live at the same standard of living or higher than the population is living at today

Question 28

Total Fertility Rate

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The number of babies that an average woman delivers during her childbearing years

Question 29

Transhumance

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The movement of livestock to higher elevations during the summer to escape the heat in the valleys and to lower elevations during the winter to escape the severe cold of the mountains

Question 30

Zero Population Growth

Answer 30

Describes a population in which the crude birth rate equals the crude death rate