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Unit 2 Flashcards

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Pattern of human settlement. The spread of people across the earth

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Population distribution

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The measure of the average population per square mile or kilometer of an area

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Population density

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Calculated by dividing a regions population by its total area

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Arithmetic population density

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Calculated by dividing population by the amount of arable land

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Physiological population density

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Land suitable for growing crops (farm land)

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Arable land

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Compares the numbers of farmers to the area of arable land

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Agricultural population density

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Having more people than it can support

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Overpopulation

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The number of people a region can support without damaging the environment

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Carrying capacity

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Population pyramid (also known as)

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Age/Sex composition graph

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Based on age and gender data. This can provide information about birth rates, death rates, how long people live on average, and economic development. Can give evidence of past events.

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Population pyramid

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Number of live births per year per 1000 people.

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Crude birth rate (CBR)

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Average number of children who will be born per woman of that group in a country assuming every woman lived through her childbearing years.

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Total fertility rate (TFR)

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The average number of years people live.

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Life expectancy

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The number of children who die before their first birthday.

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of deaths per year per 1000 people.

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Crude death rate (CDR)

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The percentage at which a countries population is growing or declining, without the impact of migration.

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Rate of natural increase (RNI)

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The time it takes for a population to double in size. (uses equation called the rule of 70….70 divided by growth rate per year)

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Population doubling time

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Shows 5 typical stages of population change that countries experience as they modernize.

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Demographic transition model (DTM)

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Extension of the DTM. Explains the changing death rates and more common causes of death within societies.

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Epidemiological transition model (ETM)

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The belief that food production would increase arithmetically-growing steadily by a similar amount each generation. In contrast, he believed that people would not limit the number of children they had so the population would increase exponentially-growing steadily by a similar percentage each generation.

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Malthusian theory

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Suggested that the more people there are the more hands there are to work, more than just more mouths to feed.

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Boserup theory

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Argues that population growth is a serious problem currently and an even greater threat to the future.

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Neo-Malthusian

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These policies attempt to decrease the number of births in a country and are often used by developing countries.

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Anti-natalist policies

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Programs designed to increase the fertility rate.

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Pro-natalist policies

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A value comparing the working to the non-working parts of a population
Dependency ration (DR)
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Permanent or semi-permanent relocation of people from one place to another.
Migration
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Movement made by choice.
Voluntary migration
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Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where they live that compels a person to leave.
Push factor
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Usually choose a destination based on its positive conditions and circumstances.
Pull factor
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A person who migrates across an internation national border with the intention of staying their permanently.
Immigrant
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When people migrate away from somewhere, they emigrate.
Emigrant
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Argues that countries in stage 2 and 3 of the DTM experience rapid population growth and overcrowding.
Migration transition model
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Barriers that make reaching their desired destination more difficult. i.e. border patrol, oceans, etc.
Intervening obstacles
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Migrants who encounter opportunities enroute that disrupt their original migration plan. i.e. finding a job along the way, finding a spouse
Intervening opportunities
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A city
Urban area
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Open country
Rural area
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Moving from country to city
Rural to urban migration
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A process in which migrants reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves.
Step migration
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The model assumes that the size and distance between two cities or countries will influence the amount of interactions that include migration, travel, and economic activity.
Gravity model of migration
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Laws recreated by Ravenstein that describes the reason why immigrants typically move, the distance they move, and their characteristics.
Ravenstein's law of migration
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Each migration flow produces a movement in the opposite direction, called __________.
Counter migration
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Immigrants moving back to their former home.
Return migration
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Migration that is involuntary, meaning migrants have no choice but to move.
Forced migration
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Migrants who move to another part of the same country.
Internally displaced person (IDP's)
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Migrants who cross internation borders to seek refuge.
Refugee
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A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.
Asylum seekers
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Protection granted by one country to an immigrant from another country who has a legitimate fear of harm or death if he or she returns.
Asylum
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Movement that occurs within a country.
Internal migration
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When people move from one country to another, or internationally instead of internally.
Transnational migration
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When people migrate to and settle in a new country, they often decide and locate in a city or community where others from their home country, family members, friends, or those from their culture group have previously settled.
Chain migration
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Transnational migrants who relocate to a new country to provide labor that isn't available locally.
Guest workers
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The process of herders moving with their animals to different pastures during different seasons.
Transhumance
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Money sent to their family and friends in the country they left.
Remittances
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When migration out of a country is made up of many highly skilled people.
Brain drain
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The proportionate representation of different age groups within a population.
Age distribution
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The distribution of different age groups within a population, often represented in a population pyramid.
Age structure
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Birth control by the use of devices.
Contraception
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The statistical study of human populations.
Demography
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Land that is permanently populated by human society.
Ecumene
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The movement of people to another country for permanent settlement.
Immigration
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The number of males per 100 females in the population.
Sex ratio
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The study of death rates or to die.
Mortality
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The characteristics of a population i.e. age, gender, race, occupation
Population composition
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The level of wealth, happiness, comfort, and material goods, necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area.
Standard of living

AP Human Geo 2024-25 (6 decks)

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