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2.1 and 2.2 Flashcards

1
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What are the four major population clusters?

A

South Asia
SouthEast Asia
East Asia
Europe

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2
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What is Eurasia

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Europe and Asia combined

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3
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Ecumenism

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Lands that are habitable

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4
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Population clusters

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Heavily populated areas which show the unevenness of population

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5
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Metacity

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20 million or more people

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6
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Megacity

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10-19 million people

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7
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Developed countries

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Fully industrialized countries / advanced economies

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8
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Developing country

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Economically poorer than developed countries

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9
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Snow belt

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Northern and midwestern parts of land

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10
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Sunbelt

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Coastal and south and south western parts of land

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11
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Mean center of population

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Balancing point/middle point of the population

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12
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Population density

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Average # of people per unit of land

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13
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Arithmetic (crude) density

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How populated a unit of land is

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14
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What do empty quarters show

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Empty quarters show the patterns on why people dont live there

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15
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Reasons that effect where we live

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Landforms, climate(latitude), culture, disease, economic richness, elevation, fertile soil, and bodies of water

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16
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Where do people not settle

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Too hot, cold, wet, hilly, dry

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17
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Population Composition

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Makeup of the population by age, sex, ethnicity, income, and education

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18
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What does population composition effect

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Effects rate of birth, death and migration

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19
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Age structure

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Breakdown of a population into different age groups

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20
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Dependency ratio

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The number of dependents in a population which shows every 100 people must care for

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21
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Youth dependency ratio

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Number of people under 15 who can’t care for themselves

22
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Elderly dependency ratio

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Number of people above 64 who can’t care for themselves and must be supported

23
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What is the equation for the dependency ratio?

A

Youth+Elderly divided by the number of working people

24
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Generations

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Groups of people who were born around the same time and share common traits because of how they grew up culturally

25
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GI Generation

A

Oldest generation in America 1924 fought in the war

26
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Silent Generation

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1924-1945, lived in the Great Depression, small because there weren’t very many births

27
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Baby Boomers

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1946-1964, post World War Two birthday that skyrocketed

28
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Gen X:

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1965-1980, they are in the Prime working years

29
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Millennials

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1981-2000, fight for political rights, in a lot of debt

30
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Gen Z

A

My generation, too early to tell the common traits

31
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Sex ratio

A

Males to every 100 women in a population

32
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Androcentrism

A

A Culture that demonstrates a preference for males

33
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Infanticide

A

The practice of killing infants

34
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Pop pyramids

A

Comparing age and sex structure

35
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Rapid growth pyramids

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Wide base, birth rates are high, elderly don’t live as long

36
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Slow growth pyramids

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Birth rate is just over death rate, narrow base but still a pyramid shape

37
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Stability pyramid

A

Birth rate is similar the the death rate, looks like a pillar

38
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Decline pyramid

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Narrow base, too heavy, labor shortage

39
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An effect of Gender selective migration

A

Causes gender imbalances

40
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Who are the dependent people

A

People 15> and 64<

41
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What does arithmetic population density show

A

Represents how many people live per sq mile

42
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Physiological population density

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Shows how many people depend on an area of land for food

43
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What is agricultural density

A

Shows the amount of farmers per arable land which shows the economic development of a country

44
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What does a high number of agricultural density mean?

A

The country is not very industrialized

45
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ESPN - consequences of population distribution

A

Economic
Social
Political
Natural Resources

46
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Economic reasons for population distribution

A

Job opportunities
Natural resources available

47
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Social/cultural reasons of population distribution

A

Housing, religion, safer, transportation; community

48
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Environmental reasons of population distribution

A

Maximum population size an environment can sustain
High population density would mean more pressure on resources

49
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What does it mean when a country has lower wages

A

It it less developed or industrialized

50
Q

What so the equation for arithmetic population density

A

Total pop
________\____
Land area

51
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Equation for physiological population density

A

Total Pop
___________
Arable land

52
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Equation for agricultural density

A

Farmers
___________
Arable land

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