Quiz #2 (Vocab) Flashcards
The number of people per unit of arable land (which is land suitable for agriculture).
physiological density
A place where buyers and sellers can meet to facilitate the exchange or transaction of goods and services.
market
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
arithmetic density
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
history
The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
economies
Naturally occurring formations or areas of land.
landforms
The average weather conditions of a region, such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, etc.
climate
The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.
distribution
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land (which is land suitable for agriculture).
agricultural density
The activities associated with government decision-making of a country or other area.
politics
The belief that food production would not keep up with population growth, leading to famine, starvation, war, plagues, and economic struggles.
malthusian theory
A means of explaining population change. It shows five typical stages of population change that countries experience as they modernize.
demographic transition model
The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources.
carrying capacity
Policies attempting to decrease the number of births in a country.
antinatalist
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
rate of natural increase
Permanent movement to a new location.
migration
A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.
population pyramid
The time it takes for a population to double in size.
population doubling time
The process of change in the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.
epidemiological transition
Programs designed to increase the fertility rate.
pronatalist
The average number of children who would be born per woman of a group/country.
fertility
The social characteristics and statistics of a human population
demographic
Another term for death. The rate of deaths in a country.
mortality
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.
life expectancy
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
death rate
A set of moral principles defined by society dynamics, institutions, traditions, and cultural beliefs.
social values
The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy.
contraception
The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
dependency ratio
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
birth rates
Observed patterns about migration tendencies and demographics that form the basis for migration theory today.
Ravenstein’s law of migration
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that delays migration.
intervening obstacles
A factor that induces people to leave old locations.
push factor
A positive development (socially, economically, etc.) that arises and disrupts a migration plan.
intervening opportunity
A factor that induces people to move to a new location.
pull factor
Permanent movement, compelled/caused by cultural or environmental factors.
forced migration
A type of internal migration, where people move from one region of a country to another (typically from rural to urban).
interregional migration
Money sent from immigrants to the family and friends in the country they left.
remittances
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
internally displaced persons
Most migration throughout history fits this pattern of movement - from rural, agricultural areas to city areas.
rural-to-urban migration
When people move from one country to another, or internationally rather than internally.
transnational migration
The practice of forced labor and restricted liberty.
slavery
The process of herders moving with their animals to different pastures during different seasons.
transhumance
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
voluntary migration
Migrants who relocate to a new country to provide labor that isn’t available locally.
guest worker
The size and distance between two cities or countries will influence the amount of interactions - including migration, travel, and economic activity. The larger the population, the more pull the location will have.
gravity model of migration
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
refugees
When people migrate to a new country, they often decide to locate in a city or community where others from their home country, family members, friends, or those close to their cultural group have settled.
chain migration
Migration that follows a series of smaller moves toward a final destination.
step migration
Permanent movement within a particular country.
internal migration
A type of internal migration, where people migrate within a region. An example would be migrating from a city center to the suburbs.
intraregional migration
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
asylum seekers
