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Human Geography Test 1
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2011

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Term
demography
Definition
scientific study of population characterisits
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overpopulation
Definition
number of people and available resources
Term
ecumene
Definition
earths surface occupied by human settlement
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arithmetic density
Definition
total number of ppl divided by total land area
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physiological density
Definition
number of ppl supported by area of arable land
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agricultural density
Definition
ratio of number of farmers to amount of arable land
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birth rate
Definition
number of live births in a year for 1000 ppl
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death rate
Definition
number of deaths in a year for 1000 ppl
Term
increase rate
Definition
birth rate minus death rate per 1000 ppl
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doubling time
Definition
number of years to double a population
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total fertility rate
Definition
number of children a woman will birth
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infant mortality rate
Definition
number of deaths of infants under 1 year, per 1000 births
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life expectancy
Definition
years a newborn infant can expect to live
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agricultural revolution
Definition
human beings began domesticating plants and animals
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industrial revolution
Definition
invention of steam engine, mass production, powered transportation
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medical revolution
Definition
medical technology diffused to third world countries
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zero population growth
Definition
birth rate equals death rate and increasing rate near 0
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population pyramid
Definition
population by age and gender on a bar graph
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dependency ratio
Definition
number of ppl too old or too young to work
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sex ratio
Definition
number of males per 100 females in a population
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census
Definition
counting of people in an area
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epidemiological transition
Definition
causes of death in each stage of demographic transition
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epidemiology
Definition
medical science concerned with diseases that affect a lot of ppl
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pandemic
Definition
disease that occurs over a wide area and affects a lot of ppl
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demographic transition
Definition
change in a society's population
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stage 1
Definition
low growth
ex. agricultural revolution
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stage 2
Definition
high growth
ex. industrial revolution
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stage 3
Definition
moderate growth
ex. african countries, latin america
death rate is 10/1000
birth rate is 25-35/1000
Term
stage 4
Definition
low growth
ex. north america, europe
death rate is 10/1000
birth rate is 15/1000
Term
migration
Definition
permanent move to a new location
Term
emigration
Definition
migration FROM a location
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immigration
Definition
migration TO a location
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net migration
Definition
difference between number of immigrants and emigrants
Term
mobility
Definition
all types of movement from one place to another
Term
circulation
Definition
repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis
Term
push factor
Definition
induces ppl to move out of present location
Term
pull factor
Definition
induces ppl to move into a new location
Term
refugees
Definition
ppl forced to migrate from their homes
Term
floodpain
Definition
area subject to flooding
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intervening obstacle
Definition
environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration
Term
international migration
Definition
permanent movement from one country to another
Term
internal migration
Definition
permanent migration within same country
Term
interregional migration
Definition
movement from one region of a country to another
Term
intraregional migration
Definition
movement within one region
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voluntary migration
Definition
migrant has chosen to move
Term
forced migration
Definition
migrant has been compelled to move
Term
migration transition
Definition
changes in a society comparable to those in the demographic transition
Term
undocumented immigrants
Definition
immigrants entering without proper documents
Term
chain migration
Definition
same group of ppl moving to a specific location
Term
quotas
Definition
number of ppl who can move into US from each country
Term
brain drain
Definition
large-scale emigration by talented ppl
Term
guest workers
Definition
citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in western europe and the middle east
Term
counterurbanization
Definition
net migration from urban to rural areas
Term
highest birth rate
Definition
utah
Term
lowest birth rate
Definition
florida
Term
high birth rate
Definition
30+
Term
low birth rate
Definition
20-
Term
falling birth rate
Definition
20-30
Term
highest death rate
Definition
florida
Term
lowest death rate
Definition
alaska
Term
high death rate
Definition
20+
Term
low death rate
Definition
15-
Term
falling death rate
Definition
15-20
Term
high/low birth and death rates
Definition
formed by migration to and from different areas
Term
agricultural society
Definition
birth rate stays the same
death rate stays the same
diseases, war raise death rate, reset population
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industrial society
Definition
kids are economic liability, lowering birth rate
death rate lowers quickly
total population grows rapidly
Term
world birth rate
Definition
22/1000
Term
world death rate
Definition
8/1000
Term
birth rates falling because
Definition
women become more educated and active economically
Term
65-70% of population
Definition
clustered in E. Asia, S. Asia, SE Asia, Europe
Term
top populated countries
Definition
china, india, usa, indonesia, brazil
Term
china
Definition
economically still largely agricultural
demographically it is a modern nation
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