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AP Human Geography > Unit 2 Vocab > Flashcards

Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Agricultural Density

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The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture (usually used for economic differences)

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Anitinatalist

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Policies that discourage people from having children

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arable

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suitable for growing crops

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Arithmetic Density

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

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Asylum seekers

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

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Brain Drain

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Large-Scale emigration by talented or smart people, such as exiting a country because of unfair social rights.

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Carrying Capacity

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Largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support.

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Chain Migration

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migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.

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Circulation

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Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

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Crude birth rate CBR

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

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Crude death rate CDR

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The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.

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Demographic transition

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The process of change in a society’s population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.

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Demography

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The science study of population characteristics.

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Dependency ratio

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

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Doubling Time

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The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.

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Ecumene

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The portion of Earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

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Emigration

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Migration from a location or exiting a country

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Epidemic

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A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease within one region.

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Epidemiology

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The study of diseases, incidents distribution impossible control of diseases, and other factors relating to health.

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fertility

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The production of offspring within a population.

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Immigration

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A person with temporary permission to work in another country.

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immigration

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Migration to a new location are entering a new country.

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infant mortality rate

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The total number of deaths in a year among infants, under one year of every 1000 live births in a society.

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internal migration

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Permanent movement within a particular country.

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internally displaced person

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

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Interregional migration

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Permanent movement from one region to another.

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intervening obstacle

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

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Intervening opportunity

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The presence of a near opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away

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Life expectancy

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

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migration

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Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.

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mortality

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Death rate.

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Natural increase rate

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

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net migration

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The difference between the level immigration and the level of emigration.

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pandemic

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Disease that affects multiple regions after this out for size

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physical density

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The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.

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Population pyramid

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

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Pronatalist

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A government policy that encourages or forces childbearing.

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pull factors

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Factors the Indus people to move to a new location.

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push factors

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Factors that induce people to leave old residences.

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Quota

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Hola that place is maximum limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.

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refugees

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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. In order to be a refugee, they must be recognized as meeting these criteria

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sex ratio

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The number of miles per hundred females in a population.

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Step migration

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migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages for example, from farmed nearby Village in later to a town and city.

45
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total fertility rate

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The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.

46
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Transhumance

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Seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and low land pastures.

47
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transitional migration

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regular movement of a person between two or more countries resulting in the new culture identity.

48
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Urbanization

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An increase in the percentage in the number of people living in urban settlements.

49
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interrogational migration

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Permanent movement within one region.

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