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Unit 2 Flashcards

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Euceme

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The habitable areas of the world

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Factors that influence population distribution

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Natural, economic, social, political

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Arithmetic population density

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Doesn’t account for uneven distribution

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Physiological population distribution

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Displays carrying capacity

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Agricultural population density

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Shows level of country’s economic development

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Population structure

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The percentage of different ages and genders that compose population

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Population pyramid

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Shows the population structure of location; used to asses population growth/decline to predict future need for goods/services

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Dependency ratio

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Number of people in a dependent age group divided by the number of people in working age group multiplied by 100

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Sex ratio

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Proportion of males to females in population

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Crude birth rate

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Number of births per year multiplied by 100

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Total fertility rate

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Average number of children who would be born per woman in childbearing years

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Life expectancy

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Number of years average person will live

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Crude death rate

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Number of deaths per year per 1000 people

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Infant mortality rate

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Number of children who die before one year of age

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Natural increase rate

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CBR-CDR/10; doesn’t account for migration

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Population growth rate

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Accounts for migration

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Doubling time

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Number of years it will take for population to double

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Demography

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Study of population statistics

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DTM

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Used by geographers to predict trends in population growth/decline, such as birth, death, and natural increase rates

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Epidemiological transition Model

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Predictable stages in life expectancy that countries experience as they develop

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Stage 1

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Low growth; high TFR, short life expectancy

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Stage 2

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Rapid growth; CBR remains same, improved nutrition/sanitation
Mostly LDC, some MDC

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Stage 3

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Growth slows; urbanization reduce child labor, life expectancy increases
Mostly LDC, some MDC

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Stage 4

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Low growth; improved sanitation, higher life expectancy. Only MDC

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Carrying capacity

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The amount of population that a location can support without harming the environment

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Malthusian Theory

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Population grows exponentially while food output grows arithmetically; food shortages inevitable

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Boserup’s theory

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Food supply is impacted directly by population growth

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Pronatalist policies

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Government programs designed to increase fertility rates and accelerate population growth (stage 4/5 countries)

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Antenatal it’s policies

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Government programs designed to decrease fertility rates and slow population growth (stage 2 countries)

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Migration

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Permanent or semipermanent relocation of people

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Immigration

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Into a place

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Emigration

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Out of a place

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Push factors

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Negative circumstances that cause people to move away

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Pull factors

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Positive circumstances that cause people to move to a location

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Intervening obstacles

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Barriers that hold migrants back from continuing to travel

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Intervening opportunities

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Opportunity that causes migrants to voluntarily stop traveling

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Voluntary migration

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People migrate due to their own choices

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Transitional migration

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Migration from one country to another

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Internal migration

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Travel within country’s borders

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Transhumance

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Traditional migration of nomadic herders move livestock from high elevations in summer to low elevations in winter

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Chain migration

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Immigrants migrate to location for reunification of families, friends, communities

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Step migration

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Migration typically occurs in steps

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Rural to urban migration

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Most typical migration

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Guest worker

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Migrants who travel internationally to find temporary work

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Involuntary migration

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Propel relocate due to fears of violence/ survival

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Refugees

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Someone who has been forced out of country due to persecution, violence, or war

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Internally displaced persons

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Forced to flee, but never cross border

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Asylum seekers

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People flee country to seek sanctuary and legal protection/assistance from country. Apply and are approved by country

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Enslaved persons

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Human trafficking, forced to leave and work involuntarily

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