Unit 2

Question 1

fecundity

Answer 1

the potential for reproduction of a recorded population

Question 2

epidemiological transition model (ETM)

Answer 2

describes changing patterns of population distributions in relation to changing patterns of mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and leading causes of death.

Question 3

S curve

Answer 3

When the graph grows but then levels off (plateue)

Question 4

transhumance

Answer 4

moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.

Question 5

feudal political economy

Answer 5

an economy entirely owned and run by the government.

Question 6

primate city

Answer 6

A primate city is a city that is the largest in its country, province, state, or region, and disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy.

Question 7

gross domestic product (GDP)

Question 8

guest workers

Question 9

gastarbeiter

Question 10

economic restructing

Question 11

J curve

Answer 11

This is when the projection population show exponential growth; sometimes shape as a j-curve.

Question 12

population structure

Question 13

age cohort

Question 14

geographic center (centroid)

Question 15

population-weighted centroid

Question 16

Malthusian catastrophe

Question 17

ecumene

Question 18

asylum

Question 19

ethnic cleansing

Question 20

amnesty programs

Question 21

step migration

Question 22

chain migration

Question 23

cyclic movement

Question 24

periodic movement

Question 25

Transnational migrants