Unit 2 vocab

Question 1

arithmetic density

Answer 1

The total number of people per unit area of land

Question 2

physiological density

Answer 2

total number of people per unit of arable land

Question 3

agricultural density

Answer 3

the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

Question 4

arable land

Answer 4

land that can be used to grow crops

Question 5

overpopulation

Answer 5

A term used to describe the condition in which population growth outstrips the resources needed to support life

Question 6

carrying capacity

Answer 6

the maximum population size an environment can sustain

Question 6

population pyramid

Answer 6

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

Question 7

sex ratio

Answer 7

the proportion of males to females in a population

Question 8

rate of natural increase (RNI)

Answer 8

The rate at which a population grows as a result of the difference between the crude birth rate(cbr) and the crude death rate(CDR)

Question 8

demography

Answer 8

the study of human population

Question 9

dependency ratio

Answer 9

The number of people in a dependent age group(-15 or +64) divided by the number of people in the working age group(15-64) then multiplied by 100

Question 10

ravenstein’s laws of migration

Answer 10

principles/laws created to describe trends in migration in the late 1800’s

Question 11

life expectancy

Answer 11

the average number of years a person is expected to live

Question 11

crude birth rate(cbr)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

crude death rate

Answer 12

the number of deaths in a given year per 1000 people in a given population

Question 13

total fertility rate

Answer 13

The average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her child bearing years

Question 14

demographic transition

Answer 14

a concept used to explain how population growth and economic development of a country are connected

Question 15

epidemiological transition

Answer 15

shows the pattern on how people die

Question 16

zero population growth

Answer 16

when the population reaches an equilibrium with a growth rate of zero

Question 17

malthusian theory

Answer 17

a theory that explains that the human population grows more rapidly than the food supply

Question 18

neo-malthusians

Answer 18

the same as mathus but they believe they will run out of all resources

Question 19

contraceptives

Answer 19

ways to prevent pregnancy

Question 19

anti natalist policies

Answer 19

ways to control the population by encouraging smaller families

Question 19

pro natalist policies

Answer 19

policies designed to increase the birth/fertility rate

Question 20

elderly support ratio

Answer 20

the number of working age divided by the number of people 65 or older

Question 21

doubling time

Answer 21

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

Question 22

push factors

Answer 22

a negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

Question 22

pull factors

Answer 22

a positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

Question 23

intervening obstacle

Answer 23

an occurrence that hold migrants back

Question 24

remittances

Answer 24

money earned by an emigrant abroad and sent back to his or her home country

Question 25

forced migration

Answer 25

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

Question 26

voluntary migration

Answer 26

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

Question 27

refugee

Answer 27

a person who is forced to leave his or her country for fear of persecution or death

Question 28

internally displaced person

Answer 28

a person who has been forced to leave his or her home but remains within the country's borders

Question 29

asylum seeker

Answer 29

a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

Question 30

transnational

Answer 30

those who have moved to another country yet still have ties back to their home countries and influence the culture they come to and also bring new cultural characteristics back to their home country.

Question 30

chain migration

Answer 30

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

Question 30

quest worker

Answer 30

a migrant who travels to a new country as a temporary laborer

Question 31

transhumance

Answer 31

the movement of herds between pastures at cooler higher elevations during the summer months and lower elevations during the winter

Question 31

step migration

Answer 31

series of smaller moves to get to an ultimate destination

Question 31

rural to urban migration

Answer 31

when people move, either temporarily or permanently, from a rural area to an urban city.

Question 32

xenophobia

Answer 32

dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

Question 33

quotas

Answer 33

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

Question 33

brain drain

Answer 33

Large-scale emigration by skilled, education, and/or talented people

Question 34

unauthorized immigrants

Answer 34

also known as undocumented immigrants are people who enter a country without proper documents