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Unit 2 (My brain hurts) ;-; Flashcards

1
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What is arithmetic density?

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People divided by total land area

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2
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What is physiological density?

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People to arable land

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What is agricultural density?

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Farmers to the amount of arable land

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What is arable land?

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Land capable of growing food

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5
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What is the global population distribution?

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Clusters in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Southeast. Approximately 5 Billion people live in these regions

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6
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What is carrying capacity?

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The amount of people resources can support

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7
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What is a census?

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In America, the census is mainly used to decide how many representatives a state gets in the house of representatives. Unfortunately, gerrymandering across multiple states usually twists in favor of the Republicans

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8
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What is overpopulation?

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When resources cannot support the population

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9
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What is a LDC?

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Least developed countries, with low development of everything.

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What is a MDC?

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More developed countries have better infrastructure, but still, have a growing population

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What is a HDC?

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Highly developed countries have slow or declining growth.

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12
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What is natural increase rate?

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Percentage a country´s population grows in a year

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13
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What is crude birth rate(CBR)?

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Amount of live births per 1000 people

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14
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What is crude death rate(CDR)?

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The number of deaths per 1000 people

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15
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What is doubling time?

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The time it takes for a population to double

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16
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What is the total fertility rate (TFR?)

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The number of children a woman usually would have between ages 15-49.

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17
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What is the replacement fertility ratio?

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Base minimum: 2:1 babies per women on average to keep a constant population

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18
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What is an ecumene?

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A part of Earth’s surface that has been permanently inhabited by humans.

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19
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What are demographics?

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Statistical data of an area’s population

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20
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What are the demographic transition stages?

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Stage 1(the UK before the revolution), Stage(The Gambia), Stage 3(Mexico), Stage 4 (USA), and a hypothetical Stage 5, like in Japan and Ukraine.

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21
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What is zero population growth(ZPG)?

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Close to zero growth in a country

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22
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What is the industrial revolution in terms of the demographic transition model?)

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Stage 2, is when a country’s economic output skyrockets, has a major population boom, and the death rate plummets.

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23
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How does the sex ratio relate to India and China?

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In India and China, aggressive policy-making towards the population resulted in people preferring boys. Unwanted baby girls were aborted, leading to the sex ratio being unequal.

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24
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What are population pyramids?

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A Bar Graph representing the Male and Female population and how much of the total population they make up. An ideal pyramid has enough population to help support the older ones.

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25
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What are age cohorts?

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Age groups

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26
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What is the dependency ratio?

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Number of people too old/young to work to people in productive years

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27
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What is the elderly support ratio/graying?

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people aged 15-64 to people 65+

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28
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What is Japan´s youth dependency ratio?

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69.48%

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29
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What is the Epidemiologic transition model?

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More or less the same as the Demographic transition stages. Shows birth rate, death rate, population, and increase rate

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30
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What are overpopulation theories?

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The theory is that we will one day exceed the carrying capacity of the earth. Probably happens a few times in some regions.

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31
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Who was Thomas Malthus and what was his theory?

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A British economist argued food supply was being eroded fast by the population

32
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What is the criticism of Malthus´ theory?

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Economic growth allows food production to increase, as technology that allows food production to increase can now be used. It is inequality that actually matters.

33
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What is a Neo-Malthusian?

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Someone who uses Malthus’ data and applies it to the modern day

34
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What is Ester Boserup´s theory?

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Population growth is independent of food production, and population increases are tied to an increase in food.

35
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What are population policies?

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Attempts to solve overpopulation usually come to bite said countries in the ass

36
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What is China´s one-child policy?

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Couples needed a permit to have a child, and only one child was allowed.

37
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What is India´s family planning program?

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Birth control and sterilization

38
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What does Japan´s population pyramid look like?

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Narrow at the base.

39
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What is Prontalism?

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Encouraging people to have babies

40
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What is Mobility?

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Movement from one place to another

41
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What is circulation?

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Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that occur regularly

42
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What is emigration?

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migration from a place

43
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What is immigration?

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migration to a place

44
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What is internal migration?

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Inside a country

45
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What is international migration?

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Travel between countries

46
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What is interregional migration?

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between regions of a country

47
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What is intraregional migration?

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migration inside of a region

48
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What is net in-migration?

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a country gains migrants

49
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What is net-out migration?

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A country loses population via emigration

50
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What is step migration?

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Less extreme migrations to a final destination

51
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What is Wilbur Zelinsky´s model of migration?

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Migration depends on country’s development level and its type of society

52
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What is voluntary migration?

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voluntary

53
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What is forced migration?

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forced

54
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What are the motivation of historic European and present Latin American migrations?

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Better opportunity

55
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What is the Erie Canal?

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The canal gave an economic opportunity

56
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Why did Brazil move its Capital?

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reviving national pride

57
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What is suburbanization?

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growth of a city

58
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What is counterurbanization?

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Urban to rural

59
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What are push factors and some examples?

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Push away from a place. (war, famine, crappy job)

60
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What are pull factors and some examples?

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Pull to (economy good, prestige)

61
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What is an internally displaced person(IDP)?

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Forced to leave home but still remaining inside a country

62
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What does the situation in Afghanistan and Syria relate to refugees?

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Intense civil wars and American intervention forces people to relocate elsewhere.

63
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What is an Asylum seeker?

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Someone who has migrated in hope of being recognized as a refugee

64
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What is an Intervening obstacle?

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Environmental/political feature that hinders migration

65
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What are Remittances?

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Transfer of money by workers to people in the country they originated in

66
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What are Ravenstein´s laws of migration?

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Most immigrants were relatively young males that traveled solo.

67
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What is Lee´s migration model?

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Push/pull factors accounting for why people migrate

68
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What is a guest/migrant worker?

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Someone who migrates to pursue work

69
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What is chain migration?

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People follow others to a particular location

70
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What is Brain drain?

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Smartasses leaving a country

71
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What is brain gain?

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Smartasses entering a country

72
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What are quotas?

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Maximum allowed number of migrations

73
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What is circular migration?

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Repetitive migration between a few areas

74
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What are some examples of state government attempts to limit migration?

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75
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What is Europe’s absorption of immigrants?

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Middle east

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