Vocab Flashcards
Pandemic
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole
country or the world at a particular time.
Push factors
The reasons that may cause people to leave a place or situation.
Intervening opportunities
An alternative that can change a person’s migration plans and cause them to settle in a different location than their original destination.
Life expectancy
The average period that a person may expect to live.
Emigration
The act of leaving a place
Intervening obstacles
A pnysical or cultural reature that makes it more aimc for people or goods to move from one location to another
Pull factors
Reasons for why people move into a country or place
CDR
The annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.
Doubling time
The amount of time it takes for a population to double ir size, based on a constant rate of growth.
TFR
The average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime.
Immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
CBR
The annual number of live births per 1,000
Asylum seeker
person who has left their home country as a political refuge
Remittance
Money sent to another party, usually in another country
Dependency ratio
A demographic indicator that measures the ratio of people who are typically not in the labor force to those who are.
