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Unit 2: Population and Migration Flashcards

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1
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Arithmetic Density

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Number of People/Amount of Land

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Physiological Density

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Population/Arable Land

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Agricultural Density

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Farmers/Arable Land

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Population Density

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How many people live in a certain place?

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Population Distribution

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Where are people living?

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Carrying Capacity

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The amount of people that can be supported without damaging the environment.

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Population Pyramids

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Pyramids that shows the distribution of different age ranges in a population.

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Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

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The total number of live births per 1000 people in a population.

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Crude Death Rate (CDR)

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The total number of deaths per 1000 people living in a population.

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Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

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The percentage in which a population grows each year.

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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

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The average number of children a woman will have.

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Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

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When a population’ growth isn’t increasing.

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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

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Total number of deaths for infants under 1 year of age for every 1000 live births.

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Doubling Time

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The amount of time it takes for a population to double.

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Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

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A model that suggests population growth and decline are based on the development of a society.

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Interregional Migration

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Movement from one region of a state to another region.

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Intraregional Migration

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Movement that is within one region of a state.

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Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM)

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A model that suggests that birth and death rates change as a population advances.

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Neo Malthusians

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People who believe that the earth only has a limited amount of resources, not just food and that this can only support a finite amount of people.

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Pronatalist Policies

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Policies designed to increase the birth rate of a region.

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Anti Natalist Policies

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Policies designed to decrease the birth rate of a region.

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Contraceptives

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Methods designed to prevent pregnancy.

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GDP per capita

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The measure of a state’s economic output that accounts for its amount of people.

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Dependency Ratio

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The ratio of those in the workforce to those not in the workforce.

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Immigration

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A permanent move to a location.

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Emigration

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Leaving a location as a part of a permanent move.

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Migration

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A temporary move from one location to another.

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Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration

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A set of laws set to explain certain rules of migration.

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Forced Migration

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People who are forced out of their homes due to uncontrollable circumstances.

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Voluntary Migration

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People who have the option on whether or not to migrate.

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Refugees

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Those who have been forced to leave their homes and cross an international border to escape push factors.

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Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

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Someone who is forced to leave their region to go to another region within the state due to push factors.

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Step Migration

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Migration that occurs in stages. People will stop at different places during their journey.

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Chain Migration

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When people from a particular region follow others and migrate to their same destination.

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Rural-to-Urban

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When people move from rural areas to urban areas, this is also known as urbanization.

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Transnational Migration

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Movement across international borders.

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Transhumance

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The seasonal movement of people and livestock.

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Guest Worker

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A person with a temporary legal status to work in another state.

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Xenophobia

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The hatred of foreigners based on prejudice, racism, and stereotypes.

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Remittance

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The transfer of money from a foreign worker to someone in their home state.

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