Chapter 3-5

Question 1

Any region between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north and south of the equator; where the majority of people live

Answer 1

midlatitude

Question 2

a spike in the birth rate, especially after a period of conflict/ war or times of economic abundance

Answer 2

baby boom

Question 3

the total number of people an area can support without damaging the environment

Answer 3

carrying capacity

Question 4

the comparison between the potential workforce and the dependent population of a given population

Answer 4

dependency ratio

Question 5

boundary adjustments made as a result of population growth or decline

Answer 5

redistricting

Question 6

the total population divided by the total land area

Answer 6

population density

Question 7

more people than a given land area can support; dependent upon distribution and density

Answer 7

overpopulation

Question 8

when the people born during a baby boom reach childbearing years and begin to have children

Answer 8

echo

Question 9

the pattern of human settlement; the spread of people across the earth

Answer 9

population distribution

Question 10

a graph that presents the age-sex composition of a given population

Answer 10

population pyramid

Question 11

suitable for agriculture (growing)

Answer 11

arable

Question 12

the total population divided by the total area of arable land

Answer 12

physiological population density

Question 13

a decline in the birth rate after a baby boom

Answer 13

baby bust

Question 14

the hierarchical division of people into groups based on economic status, power, ethnicity, etc.

Answer 14

social stratification

Question 15

age groups on a population pyramid

Answer 15

cohorts

Question 16

the measure of the average population per square mile in a given area

Answer 16

arithmetic population density

Question 17

the group expected to make up the labor force of a given population; ages 15-64

Answer 17

potential workforce

Question 18

the group that relies on the labor force because they are too young or old to work; ages 0-14 and 65+

Answer 18

dependent population

Question 19

the total number of farmers divided by the total are of arable land

Answer 19

agricultural population density

Question 20

the slow down of the birth rate in a given population

Answer 20

birth deficit

Question 21

the more people there are, the more hand there are to work, rather than just more mouths to feed

Answer 21

Boserup theory

Question 22

the percentage at which a country’s population is growing or declining without the impact of migration

Answer 22

rate of natural increase

Question 23

the stages of population growth as contextualized by a country’s transition from an agrarian to an industrial society

Answer 23

demographic transition model

Question 24

the arithmetic growth of food production and the exponential growth of population leads to food scarcity and overpopulation

Answer 24

Malthusian Theory

Question 25

the social and or legal attempts to decrease the number of births in a country

Answer 25

anti-natalist policy

Question 26

the number of live births per year 1,000 people

Answer 26

crude birth rate

Question 27

changes in death rates over time as explained by most common causes of death in a given society

Answer 27

epidemiological transition model

Question 28

future population= current population+(CBR-CDR)+ (immigration-emmigration)

Answer 28

demographic balancing equation

Question 29

the average number of children who die before their first birthday

Answer 29

infant mortality rate

Question 30

people who have moved into a country

Answer 30

immigrant

Question 31

increase in population despite declining fertility rates, because of increased life expectancy

Answer 31

demographic momentum

Question 32

people who have moved out of a country

Answer 32

emigrant

Question 33

the average number of children born to women ages 15-49

Answer 33

Total fertility rate

Question 34

social and/or economic attempts to increase the number of births in a country

Answer 34

pro-natalist policy

Question 35

70 divided by the growth rate per year, assuming that the growth rate remains steady

Answer 35

population doubling time

Question 36

population growth leads to the depletion of non-renewable resources, which results in political, economic, and environmental catastrophe

Answer 36

Neo-Malthusian Theory

Question 37

average number of years people live

Answer 37

life expectancy

Question 38

the number of deaths per year per 1,000 people

Answer 38

crude death rate

Question 39

a process by which migrants reach their final destination through a series of smaller moves

Answer 39

step migration

Question 40

involuntary migration where the migrants have no other choice but to move

Answer 40

forced migration

Question 41

negative circumstances, events, or conditions that compel a person to leave where they currently live

Answer 41

push factor

Question 42

when people settle in a city or community, in a new country, where others from their home country live

Answer 42

chain migration

Question 43

a person who migrates across an international border and goes to a new country with the intent of permanent relocation

Answer 43

immigrant

Question 44

an event or circumstance that disrupts a migrants original migration plan and alters their final destination

Answer 44

intervening opportunity

Question 45

transnational migrant who relocate to a new country to proved labor that isn't available locally

Answer 45

guest workers

Question 46

when involuntary migrants move to a different party of the same country

Answer 46

internally displaced persons

Question 47

a person who leaves an old country and migrates across an international border with the intent of permanent relocation

Answer 47

emigrant

Question 48

when involuntary migrants move to a different country

Answer 48

refugees

Question 49

when people make the choice to migration in search of a better lie

Answer 49

voluntary migration

Question 50

protection granted by the government of a country to and immigrant of another country who has legitimate fear of harm or death upon return

Answer 50

asylum

Question 51

the process of herders moving with their animals to different pastures during different seasons

Answer 51

transhumance

Question 52

the size and distance between two places impacts the amount of interactions between them, including migration patterns

Answer 52

migration transition model

Question 53

money sent from an immigrant to family and friends still living in their home country

Answer 53

remittances

Question 54

positive circumstances, events, or conditions that compel a person to move somewhere else

Answer 54

pull factor

Question 55

neighborhoods filled, primarily, with people of the same ethnic group

Answer 55

ethnic enclaves

Question 56

a barrier that makes it more difficult or even impossible for a migrant to reach their desired destination

Answer 56

intervening obstacles

Question 57

when a migration flow produces a secondary migration in the opposite direction

Answer 57

counter migration

Question 58

when immigrants move back to their former home country

Answer 58

return migration