Chapter 2/3 Vocab

Question 0

physiological density

Answer 0

number of people per unit of area of arable land

Question 1

zero population growth

zpg

Answer 1

decline of total fertility rate to a natural increase rate of zero

Question 2

medical revolution

Answer 2

medical tech infused into poorer Asian and African nations

Question 3

epidemiology

Answer 3

branch of science concerning the control of diseases

Question 4

epidemiologic transition

Answer 4

causes of death in each population

Question 5

ecumene

Answer 5

wart occupied by humans

Question 6

doubling time

Answer 6

number of years it takes to double a population

Question 7

natural increase rate

Answer 7

number of people born minus people’s deaths

Question 8

dependency ratio

Answer 8

people under 15 and over 64 who have to work

Question 9

demography

Answer 9

study of population

Question 10

demographic transition

Answer 10

change in society’s population from low to high

Question 11

crude death rate

Answer 11

deaths per 1000

Question 12

crude birth rate

Answer 12

births per 1000

Question 13

census

Answer 13

complete survey of population

Question 14

arithmetic density

Answer 14

number of people divided by land area

Question 15

agricultural density

Answer 15

ratio of farmers to arable land

Question 16

brain drain

Answer 16

mass emigration of smart people

Question 17

chain migration

Answer 17

migration bc of others moving there before them

Question 18

circulation

Answer 18

short term, repetitive cycles of movement

Question 19

floodplain

Answer 19

common area for flooding

Question 20

guest worker

Answer 20

workers moved to north europe for better jobs

Question 21

immigration vs emigration

Answer 21

i-to a place

e-from a place

Question 22

internal migration

Answer 22

migration within a country

Question 23

internally displaced person

Answer 23

forced to migrate, has no “home”

Question 24

interregional migration

Answer 24

Permanent movement from one region to another

Question 25

intervening obstacle

Answer 25

obstacle in the way of migration

Question 26

intraregional migration

Answer 26

migration within a region

Question 27

migration transition

Answer 27

change in migration pattern resulting in positive things

Question 28

net migration

Answer 28

immigration - emigration

Question 29

quotas

Answer 29

laws placed on people allowed in a country

Question 30

three types of density

Answer 30

arithmetic density is used to describe where people live. physiological density compares population to resources and agricultural density measures economic efficiency

Question 31

Malthus theory

Answer 31

population will eventually outpace food production

Question 32

stage five demographic transition

Answer 32

when the population is on a decline

Question 33

three forms of intra-regional migration

Answer 33

urban to suburban, urban to rural, rural to urban