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14 Cards in this Set
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migration
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The act of moving to a different location.
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immigration
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When people come into a country.
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emmigration
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When people exit a country.
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push factor
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Reasons that cause people to leave their homeland.
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pull factor
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Reasons that make people want to move to a new location.
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demography
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The study of statistics.
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birth rate
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The number of live births per thousand people.
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mortality rate
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Also known as the death rate; the number of deaths per thousand people.
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infant mortality rate
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The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births.
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rate of natural increase
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Also known as the population growth rate; to find, subtract the mortality rate from the birth rate.
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epidemic
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A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
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pandemic
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A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a country or over the world.
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population pyramid
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A graph that shows gender and age distribution of a population.
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population density
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Helps to understand how populated an area is; the more people in an area, the more dense the population; the less people in an area, the less dense the population.
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