Unit Vocab 2 Flashcards
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Chain Migration
A social process where immigrants from the same area follow each other to a new location either in another country or within the same country
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
Total number of deaths of kids > 1 for every 1,000 live births
Ecumene
The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement (land that will always be populated)
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Amount of birthday per 1000 women
Arithmetic Density
The amount of people divided by the amount of land (Density of people in certain regions)
Pull Factor
A reason that induces people to move to a new location
Push Factor
A reason that induces people to leave a old location
Demographic Transition
The process of change in a society’s population from a condition of high crude Birth and death rates and low rates of natural increase to a condition of a low crude Birth and death rates low rates of natural increase, and higher total population
Intervening Opportunity
the potential alternatives that arise during the migration process, which can influence a person’s decision to settle in a location other than their intended destination
Population Density
the number of people per unit of area
Population Pyramid
represents the breakdown of the population by gender and age at a given point in time
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing year
Caste System
a social hierarchy passed down through families
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive
Dependency Ratio
The number of people under age 15 and age 65 and over compared to the number of people active in the labor force
Doubling Time
The number of years needed to double a population
Internal Migration
Permanent movement of people within a particular country
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
a measure of how quickly a population is growing or declining
Periphery
regions that are often economically and politically disadvantaged compared to more developed areas, known as the core
Refugees
people who are being forced to leave their traditional lands due to persecution or material hardship within their society
Core
More developed countries (opposite of periphy)
Demographic Equation
An equation that summarizes the amount of growth or decline in a population within a country during a particular time period, taking into account both natural increase and net migration
Demography
the statistical study of human populations
Ethic Cleansing
the attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the deportation or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups
