Unit 2 Topic 1 Flashcards
What is demography?
The study of the Earth’s human populations
What is population distribution?
The patterns of human habitation across the Earth’s surface.
What is an ecumene?
The land that has been permanently populated by human society.
What are physical and human factors of population distribution?
Physical Factors: Climate, Landforms, and Water
Human Factors: Culture, Economics, History, and Politics
people avoid places that are too___?
Hot
Cold
High
Wet
Dry
What is population density?
The measure of how many people occupy a given unit of land
What is arithmetic density and its assumption?
Total population divided by the total area
This equation assumes that all the land is equally inhabitable
What is physiological density?
Total population divided by the total amount of arable land
What is agricultural density?
Total farmers divided by the total arable land
