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| The scientific study of the size, composition, distribution, and changes in human population. |
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| The extent of reproduction in a society |
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| The number of live births per year for every 1,000 people in a specific population. |
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| The number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people in a specific population. |
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| Population movement across political boundaries. |
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| The number of emigrants (people leaving the country) subtracted from the number of immigrants (those entering it) per 1,000 population |
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| Composition of a population |
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| the numbers and typesw of people, classified by chacterstics such as age, sex, race, and ethnicity. |
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| How a population is dispersed geographically (e.g., the number of people per square mile). |
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| The number of males per 100 females. |
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| The difference between the number of people addded to and subtracted from a particular population |
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| The number of years it takes for a population to double in size. |
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| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) |
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| An organization dedicated to reaching the population replacement level of approximately two children per family |
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| Demographic Transition Theory |
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Population growth develops through three distinct stages: (1) high birth and death rates
(2)high birthrates and low death rates
(3) low birth and death rates |
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| The age cohort in the US comprising those born roughly between 1945 and 1964 |
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| The movement of masses of people from rural to urban areas and an increase in urban influence over all spheres of culture and society |
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| Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAS) |
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| A city, or a city and its surrounding suburbs, with a population of 50,000 or more |
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| Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
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| The largest MSAs (those containing over a million people) |
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| A major urban area that includes a large central city surrounded by several smaller incorporated cities and suburbs that join to form one large recognizable municipality |
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| two or more major metropoloitan areas linked politically, economically, socially, and geographically |
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| Residentail areas surrounding cities, which expand urban lifestyles into previously rural areas |
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| A subdivision of sociology that identifies, studies, and explains the specific traits of urban social phenomena. |
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| A community characterized by a relatively small population, a simple division of labor, face-to-face interaction, and informal social control. |
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| a society made up of a large population characterized by loose associations, a complex division of labor, secondary relationships, and formal social control. |
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| Characterized by traditiom, unity, consensus of norms and values, and strong informal pressure to conform |
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| Characterized by a highly sophisticated division of labor that makes individuals interdependent with one another |
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| Emphasize tradition, consensus, and primary relationships |
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| Societies based on change, diversity, and secondary relationships. |
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| A subfield of sociology that focuses on recurring spatial, social, and cultural patterns within a particular social environment |
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| A community of organisims sharing the same physical environment |
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| A way of life in which the city affects how people feel, think, and interact. |
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| A theoretical model for analyzing the interdependence between human beings and the physical encironment. |
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| An increase in the earth's overall average te mperature due to a greenhouse effect produced by increased exposure to ultraviolet light |
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