Unit 2 geography Flashcards

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1
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population density

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how many people live in a specific place

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2
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Physical factors that influence the distribution of human populations

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Climate, landforms, bodies of waters, natural recources

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3
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Human factors that influence the distribution of human population

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economic, political, cultural, and historical factors

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4
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arithmetic density

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population divided by amount of land

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5
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physiological density

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population divided by arable land

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6
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agricultural denstiy

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farmers divided by arable land

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7
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4 main population clusters

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South Asia, South-East Asia, East Asia, Europe

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8
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South asia countries

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India, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka

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South-East asia countries

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Indonesia, Philippians, Malaysia, islands of java,

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East Asia Countries

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Eastern China, japan, Korean pennisula, taiwan

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Europe countries

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Monaco, Germany, France, over 4 dozen more

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12
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population distribution

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where people are living

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13
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Carrying Capacity

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Amount of people that can be supported without damaging the environment

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14
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CBR

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total number of of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive

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15
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CDR

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Total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive

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16
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NIR

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the percentage by which a population grows in a year

17
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TFR

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Average number of kids a women will have

18
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IMR

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Total number of deaths under 1 year of age in a year for every 1000 live births

19
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Doubling time

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amount of time it takes for a population to double

20
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Inter-regional migration

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movement from one region of a country to another

21
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Intraregional migration

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Movement is within one region of a county

22
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Malthusian theory

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Food would grow in an arithmetic pattern, people grow in a geometric pattern (not enough food to go around->leads to Malthusian catastrophe.)

23
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Neo Malthusian theory

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Earth’s resources can only support a finite population. factors all resources, not just-food

24
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GDP per capita

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a measure of a countries economic output that accounts for its number of people

25
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Dependency ratio

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The ratio of the number of people not in the workforce and those who are

26
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Immigration

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a permanent move to a place

27
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emigration

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leaving a place as part of a permanent move

28
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internally displaced persons (IDP)

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a person forced to leave their home region to escape bad conditions but do not cross a international boundary

29
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xenophobia

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hatred of foreigners based on stereotypes prejudice and racism

30
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ethnocentrism

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judging another culture by the standards of its own culture

31
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remittance

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transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in their home country