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16 Cards in this Set
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demographers |
scientists who study human population |
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birth rate |
is the number of live births per year per 1,000 in a year |
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death rate |
is the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year |
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infant mortality rate |
the number of infant deaths per 1,000 births |
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population distribution |
is the spreading of people over an area of land |
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population density |
the number of people per unit of land area |
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migration |
is the movement of people from one place to another |
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emigrant |
it means to migrate out of a place |
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immigrate |
to migrate into a place |
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push factors |
are causes of migration that push people to leave their home country |
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pull factors |
pull or attract people to a new country |
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urban |
they are a part of cities |
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rural |
are settlements in a county |
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urbanization |
is the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas |
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slums |
overcrowded urban neighborhoods |
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suburban sprawl |
is the spread of suburbs away from the core city |
