Words 1-16 Flashcards
leaving an area as part of a permanent move (in common language, this word has blended into immigration which includes both)
Emigration
deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil and habitat destruction
Environmental degradation
coming into an area as part of a permanent move (in common language this combines the terms immigration and emigration)
Immigration
the pattern of where people live
Population distribution
economic and social changes resulting from technology changes that started in England in 1760 - moving away from hand tools to power-driven machines
Industrial Revolution
the ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land
Agricultural density
land that can be farmed
Arable land
the total number of people divided by the total land area
Arithmetic density
the permanently inhabited portion of the earth as distinguished from the uninhabited or temporarily inhabited area
Ecumene
a difficulty that prevents people from completing a planned migration
Intervening obstacle
a favorable circumstance that causes people to stop a planned migration to take advantage of the prospect
Intervening opportunity
the number of people per unit of area of arable land
Physiological density
a motivator that draws people into an area
Pull factor
a force that motivates people to leave an area
Push factor
the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain
Carrying capacity
