Unit 2 Flashcards
Vocab
Patterns Of Population Distribution
Patterns that attract humans into settling there
Population Density
Amount of people in an area compared to another
Arithmetic
People divided by land area in order to calculate density
Physiological
People divided by farm land in order to calculate the amount of people a country can feed
Agricultural
Farmers divided by farm land in order to calculate a country’s wealth
Carrying Capacity
The maximum amount of people an area can support
Age Structure
Distribution of individuals across different age groups
Sex Ratio
Percentage of male and percentage of females that make up the population
Population Pyramids
Models that depict the common population age groups separated by sexual orientation in order to predict population growth/decline
Fertility
Birth rate
Mortality
Death rate
Migration
Movement of an individual or group from place to place
Rate Of Natural Increase
Crude Birth Rate subtracted by Crude Death Rate and divided by 10 to calculate the rate of population growth naturally
Population-Doubling Time
The amount of time it will take for a population to double
Demographic Transition Model
Model used to predict a populations decline or growth; Births, Deaths, and NIR
Epidemiological Transition
Predictable stages in disease and life expectancy as countries develop
Malthusian Theory
The population is increasing exponentially while food increases at a constant rate
Boserup’s Model
Food output depends on population growth
Neo-Malthusians
The thought that population growth and overconsumption will lead to an ecological collapse
Population Policies
Policies that spread propaganda that aid the government in their end goals in their country
Pronatalist
Government spread propaganda that promotes sex for babies
Antinatalist
Government spread propaganda to discourage reproduction
Contraception
Barriers that prevent fertilization during intercourse
Fertility Rate
Amount of babies born per woman
Ravenstein’s Laws Of Migration
Common patterns and trends relating to migration; Short Distance is more-likely, males are more likely to migrate, generates counter-migration, steps, rural-to-urban
Population Aging
The aging got a population
Death Rate
Rate in which people die in an area
Birth Rate
Rate in which babies are born in an area
Dependency Ratio
Ratio of people that are out of the workforce age; under 15 and or above 65
Push Factors
Negative circumstances that discourages people from migrating into that area
Pull Factors
Positive circumstances that persuade people into moving to that area
Intervening Opportunities
Opportunities that persuade people to settle earlier than the determined location
Intervening Obstacles
Obstacles that forcefully prevent migrants from progressing on their journey to a location (mountains)
Forced Migration
People forced to move to another country out of fear for survival
Slavery
Forced labor without pay
Refugees
Displaced people who found sanctuary in another area from their endangered home location
Internally Displaced Persons
People forced to leave their homes but not countries
Voluntary Migration
Voluntary movement from place to place
Asylum Seekers
People in the process of being classified as refugees
Transnational Migration
Migration from one country to another
Internal Migration
Migration within country borders
Transhumance Migration
Nomadic Herders
Chain Migration
Migrants persuaded into moving by others
Step Migration
Steps of the process of migrating
Guest Worker Migration
Migrants in search for jobs or migrants moved for work
