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Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

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1
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the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

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agricultural density

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

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antinatalist

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the total number of people per unit area of land; also called crude density

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arithmetic density

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the right to protection

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asylum

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

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brain drain

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the maximum population size an environment can sustain

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carrying capacity

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

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chain 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 jobs

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circular migration

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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 birth rate (CBR)

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The number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a given environment

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crude death rate (CDR)

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a model that represents shifts in the growth of the world’s populations, based on population trends related to birth rate and death rate

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demographic transition model (DTM)

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The number of people in a dependent age group (under age 15 or age 65 and older) divided by the number of people in the working age group (ages 15 to 64) multiplied by 100

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dependency ratio

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

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Distance decay

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

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doubling time

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Movement away from a location

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emigration

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

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epidemiological transition model (ETM)

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

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forced migration

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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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friction of distance

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a model that predicts the interaction between 2 or more places; geographers derived the model from Newton’s law of universal gravitation

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gravity model

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a migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor

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guest workers

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the permanent movement of people from one place to another

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human migration

22
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defined by the UN as “the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion)”

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Human trafficking

23
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movement to a location

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immigration

24
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the number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births

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infant mortality rate (IMR)

25
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movement within a country’s borders

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internal migration

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

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internally displaced persons

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movement from one region of the country to another

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interregional migration

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an occurrence that holds migrants back

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intervening obstacle

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an occurrence that causes migrants to pause their journey by choice

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intervening opportunity

30
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movement within one region of the country

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intraregional migration

31
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the average number of years a person is expected to live

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life expectancy

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

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Neo-Malthusian

33
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the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or a country

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net migration

34
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the total number of people per unit of arable land

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physiological density

35
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the number of people occupying a unit of land

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population density

36
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where people live in a geographic area

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population distribution

37
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a graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population

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population pyramid

38
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describing attitudes or policies that encourage childbearing as a means of spurring population growth

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pronatalist

39
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a positive cause that attracts someone to a new location

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pull factor

40
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a negative cause that compels someone to leave a location

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push factor

41
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limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

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quotas

42
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rate at which a population grows as the result of the difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate

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rate of natural increase (RNI)

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

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refugee

44
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the spread of culture traits through the movement of people

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relocation diffusion

45
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money earned by an emigrant abroad and sent back to his or her home country

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remittances

46
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the proportion or males to females in a population

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sex ratio

47
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series of smaller moves to get to the ultimate destination

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step migration

48
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the average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (ages 15 to 49)

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total fertility rate (TFR)

49
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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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transnational migration

50
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type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

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voluntary migration

AP Human Geography (6 decks)

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