Unit Two Group 1 Vocab Flashcards
the space within which daily activity occurs
Activity Space
The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Agricultural Revolution
(acquired immune deficiency syndrome) A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
AIDS
land suitable for growing crops
Arable Land
population growth where population increases by the same amount over each time interval
Arithmetic Growth
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Arithmetic Population Density
Knowledge of opportunity activities well beyond the normal activity space.
Awareness Space
Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
Carrying Capacity
migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
Chain Migration
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
Circulation
the distance beyond which cost, effort, and means strongly influence our willingness to travel
Critical Distance
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
Crude Birth Rate
NIR = CBR - CDR
Demographic Equation
the tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution
Demographic Momentum
change in a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates
Demographic Transition Theory
