Quiz #2 (Vocab)

Question 1

The number of people per unit of arable land (which is land suitable for agriculture).

Answer 1

physiological density

Question 2

A place where buyers and sellers can meet to facilitate the exchange or transaction of goods and services.

Answer 2

market

Question 3

The total number of people divided by the total land area.

Answer 3

arithmetic density

Question 4

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

Answer 4

history

Question 5

The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

Answer 5

economies

Question 6

Naturally occurring formations or areas of land.

Answer 6

landforms

Question 7

The average weather conditions of a region, such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, etc.

Answer 7

climate

Question 8

The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.

Answer 8

distribution

Question 9

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land (which is land suitable for agriculture).

Answer 9

agricultural density

Question 10

The activities associated with government decision-making of a country or other area.

Answer 10

politics

Question 11

The belief that food production would not keep up with population growth, leading to famine, starvation, war, plagues, and economic struggles.

Answer 11

malthusian theory

Question 12

A means of explaining population change. It shows five typical stages of population change that countries experience as they modernize.

Answer 12

demographic transition model

Question 13

The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources.

Answer 13

carrying capacity

Question 14

Policies attempting to decrease the number of births in a country.

Answer 14

antinatalist

Question 15

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

Answer 15

rate of natural increase

Question 16

Permanent movement to a new location.

Answer 16

migration

Question 17

A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.

Answer 17

population pyramid

Question 18

The time it takes for a population to double in size.

Answer 18

population doubling time

Question 19

The process of change in the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.

Answer 19

epidemiological transition

Question 20

Programs designed to increase the fertility rate.

Answer 20

pronatalist

Question 21

The average number of children who would be born per woman of a group/country.

Answer 21

fertility

Question 22

The social characteristics and statistics of a human population

Answer 22

demographic

Question 23

Another term for death. The rate of deaths in a country.

Answer 23

mortality

Question 24

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.

Answer 24

life expectancy

Question 25

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Answer 25

death rate

Question 25

A set of moral principles defined by society dynamics, institutions, traditions, and cultural beliefs.

Answer 25

social values

Question 26

The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy.

Answer 26

contraception

Question 27

The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

Answer 27

dependency ratio

Question 28

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Answer 28

birth rates

Question 29

Observed patterns about migration tendencies and demographics that form the basis for migration theory today.

Answer 29

Ravenstein's law of migration

Question 30

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that delays migration.

Answer 30

intervening obstacles

Question 31

A factor that induces people to leave old locations.

Answer 31

push factor

Question 32

A positive development (socially, economically, etc.) that arises and disrupts a migration plan.

Answer 32

intervening opportunity

Question 33

A factor that induces people to move to a new location.

Answer 33

pull factor

Question 34

Permanent movement, compelled/caused by cultural or environmental factors.

Answer 34

forced migration

Question 35

A type of internal migration, where people move from one region of a country to another (typically from rural to urban).

Answer 35

interregional migration

Question 36

Money sent from immigrants to the family and friends in the country they left.

Answer 36

remittances

Question 37

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.

Answer 37

internally displaced persons

Question 38

Most migration throughout history fits this pattern of movement - from rural, agricultural areas to city areas.

Answer 38

rural-to-urban migration

Question 39

When people move from one country to another, or internationally rather than internally.

Answer 39

transnational migration

Question 40

The practice of forced labor and restricted liberty.

Answer 40

slavery

Question 41

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

Answer 41

transhumance

Question 42

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.

Answer 42

voluntary migration

Question 43

Migrants who relocate to a new country to provide labor that isn't available locally.

Answer 43

guest worker

Question 44

The size and distance between two cities or countries will influence the amount of interactions - including migration, travel, and economic activity. The larger the population, the more pull the location will have.

Answer 44

gravity model of migration

Question 45

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Answer 45

refugees

Question 46

When people migrate to a new country, they often decide to locate in a city or community where others from their home country, family members, friends, or those close to their cultural group have settled.

Answer 46

chain migration

Question 47

Migration that follows a series of smaller moves toward a final destination.

Answer 47

step migration

Question 48

Permanent movement within a particular country.

Answer 48

internal migration

Question 49

A type of internal migration, where people migrate within a region. An example would be migrating from a city center to the suburbs.

Answer 49

intraregional migration

Question 50

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.

Answer 50

asylum seekers