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UNIT 2
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Geography
9th Grade
09/21/2013

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Term
demography
Definition
study of population
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population geography
Definition
the number, composition, distribution of humans on Earth
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distribution
Definition
arrangement of locations on Earth, where people live
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dot maps
Definition
a type of population map
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physiological population density
Definition
pressure people put on land to produce food
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arable land
Definition
land suitable for ariculture
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overpopulation
Definition
when there is too many people for an area
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carrying capacity
Definition
the number of people an area can support
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sustainability
Definition
things for our survival depend on the natural environement
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population pyramid
Definition
a view of age and sex representation
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race
Definition
a category of people that share biologically transmitted data
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ethinicity
Definition
cultural heritage
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natural increase
Definition
percentage of population growth
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agricultural revolution
Definition
when humans created a stable source of food
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doubling rate
Definition
the time it takes for a population to double
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birth rates
Definition
the number of babies born per year out of 1000 people alive
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industrial revolution
Definition
the era of major improvements in technology
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zero population growth
Definition
death rates and birth rates are the same
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Malthus
Definition
first person that says that population would grow faster than food supply
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exponential growth v. linear growth
Definition
the principles which Malthus used to prove his point
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geometric rate
Definition
the way population grows
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arithmetic rate
Definition
the way food supply grows
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neo-malthusians
Definition
people continuing Malthus' legacy
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CBR
Definition
number of live births annually out of 1000 people
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TFR
Definition
the average number of children a woman will have through her life
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CDR
Definition
the number of deaths in a year given out of 1000 people
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mortality rate
Definition
same thing as CDR
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IMR
Definition
the number of deaths under 1 years of age out of 1000 people annualy
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Natural Increase
Definition
CBR-CDR
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Life Expectancy
Definition
the number of years predicted for a child to live
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Demographic Transition Theory
Definition
variations among countries stats which follow a specific pattern
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Demographic Transition
Definition
change in population
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mortality revolution
Definition
the drop in death rates in the 19th century
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epidemiological transition
Definition
the drop of death rates in the mid 19th century
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endemic
Definition
when diseases don't kill people
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Stationary Population Level
Definition
When countries will stop growing in the mid 21st century
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AIDS
Definition
a sexually transmitted disease
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pandemic
Definition
widespread epidemic
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Circulation
Definition
short term, repetitive movement
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migration
Definition
permanent movement to a new location
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Spatial Interaction
Definition
the broad geographical term for the movement of people, ideas, and commodities within and between areas
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demographic equation
Definition
the population change over time in an area by combining natural change
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Emigration
Definition
migration from a location
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Immigration
Definition
Migration to a location
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distance decay
Definition
the decline of a cultural activity or function with increasing distance from the point of origin
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step migration
Definition
long distance migration done in in stages
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intervening oppurtunity
Definition
when a person moving for a specific thing, and finding a better one on the way
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gravity model
Definition
a measure of the interaction of places
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push factor
Definition
something that pushes people out of a specific area
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pull factor
Definition
something which encourages people to come to a place
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refugees
Definition
people forced to move out of their homes, because of persecution
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intervening obstacles
Definition
physical features that get in the way of people migrating
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interregional migration
Definition
when people move within regions
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intarregional migration
Definition
when people move within the same region
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Net-in-migration
Definition
more people come in than people that come out
Term
Net-out-migration
Definition
When people move out more than the people that come in
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dislocation
Definition
when people are forced to move from their home due to war, clash, or natural disasters
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Activity Space
Definition
Movement that does not involve relocation of residence
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Neo-Nazis
Definition
People who reiterated Hitler
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Chain Migration
Definition
When people with relatives move to the same place as their realtives
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