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Chapter 3-2
Population
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Geography
6th Grade
01/19/2011

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Term
EF- What word means to move to another country?
Definition
emigrate
Term
JH- Who are people who flee to another country for refuge from persecution or disaster?
Definition
refugees
Term
AJ- What word means "how people are spread across the land"?
Definition
population distribution
Term
TP-What is the average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometers called?
Definition
population density
Term
A.J- What is the word for the movement of people from the villages and farms to the cities?
Definition
urbanization
Term
BP-What two things cause growth rates to be high in developing countries?
Definition

1) better health care and living conditions

2) desire for large families

Term
JT-What is the word for the number of children born each year for every 1,000 people?
Definition
birthrate
Term
BC- What are the two major challenges of the world today because of population growth?
Definition

1) having enough food production (otherwise famine or lack of food) and

2) dwindling resources

Term
KD- When does population growth occur?
Definition
When more people are born than die
Term
FM -What do we call scientists who study population?
Definition
demographers
Term
LP- What is the word for the number of deaths for every 1000 people?
Definition
death rate
Term
DS- What is the word that means lack of food for a large group of people for a long period of time?
Definition
famine
Term
JW-What do we call countries that are already industrialized?
Definition
developed countries
Term
AJ- Why did people from the villages and farms move to the cities? 
Definition
to find jobs
Term
JT- What do you call countries that are working on becoming industrialized?
Definition
developing countries
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