Population distribution unit 2

Question 1

Physical factors of population distributions

Answer 1

Climate
Water
Landforms

Question 2

Human factors for population distribution

Answer 2

Culture
Economic
History like slavery and many black Americans live in the south

Question 3

Impelled migration

Answer 3

Forced migration like war and economic crisis.

Question 4

Fertility rate

Answer 4

Measure of populations ability to have children

Question 5

Guest workers

Answer 5

Temporary form of migration, where migrants travel to a new country to work for specific amount of time

Question 6

Total fertility rate

Answer 6

The average number of children, one woman will have during her childbearing years

Question 7

Mortality

Answer 7

A population rate of death

Question 8

Infant mortality rate

Answer 8

The number of children who die before they reach the age of one per 1,000 live births

Question 9

Malthusian theory

Answer 9

Thomas Malthus theory that The human population grows more rapidly than the food supply until famine, war or disease reduces the population

Question 10

Immigration

Answer 10

Refers to people coming into a country

Question 11

Emigration

Answer 11

Refers to people leaving a country

Question 12

Push factors

Answer 12

Negative experiences that push people out of their country

Question 13

Pull factors

Answer 13

Positive positive factors that attract migrants to a new place

Question 15

Chain migration

Answer 15

One group of migrants can often cause other migraines to follow them