Urbanization

Question 1

movement of people from rural to urban areas

Answer 1

urbanization

Question 2

area with less than 1000 people

Answer 2

rural

Question 3

area with more than 1000 people

Answer 3

urban

Question 4

___ have over 50000 people

Answer 4

city

Question 5

___ have over 500000 people

Answer 5

metropolis

Question 6

if many metropolises are connected it is called a___

Answer 6

megalopolis

Question 7

people drawn to cities for cultural benefits and convenience

Answer 7

cosmopolites

think COnvieninve MOtrPOLIes

Question 8

native culture brought here when people who lived here immigrate. They settle together and create a community that looks like there home (ie chinatown or little Italy)

Answer 8

ethnic villages

Question 9

movement away from cities to suburbs

Answer 9

surbanization

Question 10

beyond suburbs, prosperous areas where people lice and commute to city to work

Answer 10

exurbs

Question 11

a result of urban renewal that targets a wealthier community leads to an increase in property value

Answer 11

Gentrification

think gentle men are wealthy men moving in

Question 12

people getting sick of cities and moving out to rural areas

Answer 12

rural rebound

think rebound after being sick, coming back

Question 13

what is the difference between slums and Ghettoes

Answer 13

Ghettoes- area where specific racial, ethnic group live usually economically disadvantage

Slum- is a heavily populated urban area that is characterized by squalor and cheap housing

Question 14

what are 3 factors that contribute to total growth rate (factors that increase/decrease population)

Answer 14

1) fertility
2) Migration
3) Mortality

Question 15

fecundity

Answer 15

refers to the potential reproductive capacity of a female

Question 16

movement of people into a country

Answer 16

immigration

Question 17

Births/1000 people per yr.

Answer 17

Birth rate

Question 18

of births a woman is expected to give birth to in her child bearing years

Answer 18

Fertility rate

Question 19

how do you calculate the total population increase rate?

Answer 19

(#births+# immigration)/1000

then multiply rate by population to get population increase

Question 20

movement of people out of a country

Answer 20

emigration

think E for Exit

Question 21

deaths / 1000 people

Answer 21

death rate or Mortality rate

Question 22

graphs the age and sex distribution of a population

Answer 22

Population pyramid

Question 23

if a population pyramid shows a constrictive pyramid, what does that mean?

Answer 23

fewer younger people than old people

Question 24

if a population pyramid shows a expansive pyramid, what does that mean?

Answer 24

high birth rate and high death rate

Question 25

this table represents the mortality rate by age comparisons

Answer 25

Life Table/ mortality table

Question 26

how to calculate total population decrease rate ?

Answer 26

(#deaths + # emigration)/ 1000 people

think opposite of total population increase rate

Question 27

how to calculate net migration

Answer 27

immigration - emigration

(#people coming - # of people going )

(Think in and out

Question 28

movement within the same country

Answer 28

internal migration

Question 29

theorem suggests that we will eventually run out of resources and there will be a global food shortage leading too a high mortality rate

Answer 29

Malthusian Theorem

think MALT poured by HUSIAN with not be enough for his people and they will die

Question 30

sharing of culture, money and products between countries due to international trade

Answer 30

globalization

Question 31

this theory divides the world into 3 countries: core, periphery and semi periphery (importance of word as a unit rather than individual countries

Answer 31

world systems theory

Question 32

what are the 3 units of the world systems theory

Answer 32

1) core(advanced economy)
 aka first world
2)periphery(weak economy)
aka 3rd world
3)semi periphery(middle ground between core and periphery)

Question 33

Modernization theory

Answer 33

all countries follow similar path of development to a modern society and are capable

Question 34

theory that disagrees with modernization theory

It looks at periphery nations (3rd world nations) and says that they dont have the means of becoming a developed nation

Answer 34

Dependency theory

Question 35

sees globalization as a new age in human history (do not have an opinion)

Answer 35

hyperglobalization perspective

Question 36

critical of globalization

Answer 36

Skeptical perspective