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30 Cards in this Set
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total number of people
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population
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the way the population is spread out over the earth
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population distribution
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people that study the populations of the world
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demographers
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what do demographers study
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the look at reasons why people choose to live in certain places
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the average number of people who live in a square mile
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population density
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average number of year that people live
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life expectancy
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changes in agriculture
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Green Revolution
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movement of people to cities and the growth of cities
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urbanization
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villages in the country side
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rural areas
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cities and towns
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urban areas
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number of live births each year per 1000 people
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birthrate
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number of deaths each year per 1000 people
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death rate
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to move from one place to another
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migration
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people who leave one country to move to another
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immigrants
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the theory that people migrate because certain things in their lives push them to leave
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push pull theory
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why is the worlds population distributed unevenly
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because people are choosy. They consider factors like climate, how the land is.
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name some high population areas
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Asia, Europe, North America
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name some low population areas
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Australia, Africa
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Why do people move from rural to urban areas
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better schools, jobs, hospitals, services
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where are climate low laitudes
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between Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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where are climate high latitudes
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the polar zones
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Is the worlds population spread evenly or unevenly
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unevenly
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What do demographers study
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birth, marriage, death
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Few people live in these kind of landforms
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deserts, rugged mountains
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People like to live near
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bodies of water, natural roads, areas of flat fertle land
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region in Egypt with one of the worlds densest population
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Nile River Valley
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protect crops from insects but harmful to people
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pesticides
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Capital of Indonesia
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Jakarta
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Country in Southeast Asia
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Vietnam
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an island country south of Florida, the largest of the Caribbean Islands
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Cuba
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