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unit 2 vocab Flashcards

1
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agricultural density

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the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

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antinatalism

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describing attitudes or policies that discourage childbearing as a means of limiting population growth

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arithmetic density

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the total number of people per unit of land(also called crude density)

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asylum

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the right to protection in a country

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brain drain

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the loss of trained or educated people to lure of work in another(often richer) country

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carrying capacity

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the maximum population size an environment can sustain

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chain migration

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type of migration in which people move to a location because others from their community have probably migrated there

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circular migration

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migration pattern in which migrant workers move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary job

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crude birth rate(CBR)

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the number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

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crude death rate(CDR)

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the number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

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demographic transition model(DTM)

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a model that represents shifts in the growth of the worlds population trends related to birth and death rate

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dependency ratio

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the number of people in a dependent age group divided by the number of people in the working age groups, multiplied by 100

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13
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distance decay

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a principle stating that further away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have

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doubling time

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the number of years in which a population growing at a certain rate would double

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emigration

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movement away from a location

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epidemiological transition model(ETM)

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a model that describes change in fertility, mortality, life expectancy, and population age distribution, largely as the result of changes in cause of death

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forced migration

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a type of migration in which forced people are complected to move by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

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friction of distance

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a concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, effort, and cost it will involve

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gravity model

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a model that predicts interaction between two or more places; geographers derived the model from Newtons law of Universal Gravitation

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guest workers

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a migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor

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human migration

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the permanent of people from 1 place to another

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human trafficking

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defined by the UN as “the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper meaning”

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immigration

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movement to a location

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infant mortality rate(IMR)

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the number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births

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internal migration

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movement within a country’s borders

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internally displaced persons

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person who has been forced to flee his or her home but remains within the country

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inter regional migration

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movement from 1 region of a country to another region in the same country

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intervening obstacle

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an occurance that holds migrants back

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intervening opuurtunity

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an occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

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intraregional migration

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movement withing 1 region of the country`

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life expectancy

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the average number of years a person is expected to live

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Neo-Malthusian

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describing the theory related to the idea that population growth is unsustainable and that the future population can’t be supported by Earth’s resources

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net migration

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the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or country

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physiological density

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the total number of people per unit of arable land

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population density

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the number of people occupying a unit of land

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population distribution

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where people live in a geographic area

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population pyramid

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a graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population

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pronatalist

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describing altitudes or policies that encourage childbearing as a means of spurring population growth

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pull factor

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a positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

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push factor

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a negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

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quotas

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limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

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rate of natural increase(RNI)

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rate at which a population grows as the result of the difference between the crude death and birth rate

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refugees

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a person who is forced to leave their country for fear of death

44
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relocation diffusion

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the spread of cultural traits through a movement of people

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remittances

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money earned by a emigrant abroad and sent back to their home country

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sex ratio

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the proportion of male to females in a population

47
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step migration

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sorts of smaller moves to get the ultimate destination

48
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total fertility rate(TFR)

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the average number of children nd women in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years(15=49)

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transnational migration

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international migration in which people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their countries of origin

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voluntary migration

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type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

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