Chapter 2 and 3 Flashcards
Which of the following is NOT one of the four largest clusters of population in the world? South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, or East Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Where do you find most of the world’s population growth?
Developing countries
What is total fertility rate?
Average number of children per woman of childbearing years
According to Ravenstein, most international migrants tend to be what?
Adult males looking for work
How is migration different from movement?
Migration is permanent
Which two countries have over 2 billion people between them?
India and China
What happens in crude birth rate is higher than crude death rate?
A natural increase
What do you call the average number of people per unit of arable land (land suitable for agriculture)?
Physiological density
A population pyramid for less developed countries would probably look like what? (draw it!)
Wide base with a narrow top
True or False: Most migration in the United States has been from rural to suburban areas.
False: from urban to suburban
Less developed countries will usually be in which stage of the DTM?
Stage 2
Policies such as the One Child Policy has encouraged what to happen in some Asian countries?
A preference for males leading to female infanticide
What is the dependency ratio?
People under 15 or over 65 who depend on others
What is the demographic equation?
Birth rate minus death rate plus net migration
What do you call migration from one region of a country to another?
Interregional migration
What is the portion of the Earth’s surface inhabited by humans?
Ecumene
True or False: Countries that have a high natural increase have a large doubling time.
False: The higher the natural increase, the shorter the doubling time. Doubling time is the time needed for a population to double.
What is diffusion?
The spread of ideas, knowledge, and skills from their places of origin
What do you call migration flows from a common origin to the same destination?
Chain migration
What do the interregional migrations of China and Brazil have in common?
Both were motivated by people looking for jobs.
What are the two stages of the demographic transition that we see the biggest changes?
2nd and 3rd
What happened to the indigenous population of North America after the arrival of Europeans?
A major decrease because of new disease
What is hierarchical diffusion?
Diffusion from a central place of authority
What is the gravity model?
States that the likelyhood of two countries is related to their populations and distance
