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population geography |
the distribution of humankind across our planet |
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emigration |
departure of persons from one place might improve living conditions there |
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immigration |
when people move to a place from somewhere else |
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demography |
is he sutdy of individual populations in terms of specific group characteristics |
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census |
to count every person residing in their country |
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estimate |
using mathematical techniques based on what they dod know abote the behaviour of different populations |
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arithmetic density |
is hte number of people per unit ofarea |
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physiological density |
is hte density of population per unit of copland |
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carrying capacity |
theoretial concept to describe hte maximum bumber ofpeople that an area can sustain given its physical qualities as well as the scial, tech, and economic system that deponds on it |
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domestication |
is the process of taming and training animals and of sowing, caring for , and harvesting plants for human uses largely for food |
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crude birth rate |
is hte annual number of live births per 1000 people |
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curdie death rate |
is the annual number of deaths per 1000 people |
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natural increase |
the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths |
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natural decrease |
if there are more deaths than births |
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net migration rate |
by subtrating the number of emigrants and adding the number of immmigrants |
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demotraphic equation |
the rate of naaural increase plus the net nigration rate |
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growth rate |
the result of demographic equation can be divided by the total population of hte area |
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total fertility rate |
is he average number of children that would be born to each woman in a given society if during her childbearing years she bore children at the current years rate for woman that age |
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replacement rate |
2.1 (tfr) |
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populaton projetion |
a prediction of the furture assuming htat hte worlds current population trends remain hte same or else change in defined ways |
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population momentum |
is due to hte fact that the number of young women presently reaching childbearing age is larger than ever before |
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zero population growth |
a constant poplulation |
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doubling time |
the number of yeats it would take the country populatoin to double at its present rate of increase |
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population pyramin |
represents two aspects of a populato , age and gender |
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dependency ration |
reflects the proportion of its working age population that must support those too young or too old to work |
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demogrphic transition |
defines a pattern of growth that exhibits four distint stages |
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infant mortality rate |
the number of infants per thousand who die before reaching 1 years old |
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second demographic transition |
in which changing social attitudes are creating lonterm demographic shifts |
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fertility transition |
the change in crude birth rate described by the demographic transition model |
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epidemiological transition |
longterm decrease in death raes |
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epidemiology |
is thestudy of the incidence, distribution, and control of disease |
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pathoges |
disease causing orgainisms that enter and multiply in the body |
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life expectancy |
which is the avergae number of years that a newborn baby within a given population can expec to live |
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infectious deseases |
spread among human populations |
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degenerative disseases |
they deteriorate bodily tissues or he operation of vital organs |
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malthusian theory |
he thought that the future of mankind would be an endless cycle of wars, pestilence, and famine |
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sex ratio |
birth rae of males conpared to femailes |
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push factors |
drive people away from wherever they are |
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pull factors |
attract peole to new destinations |
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replacement migration |
policies to admit newcomers especially those with useful skills |
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undocumented immigrants |
migrants arrive wiithout permission |
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voluntary migrations |
choice made by perons who are free to choose to move |
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involuntary migrations |
made by perosns who are forced to move |
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barriers to migration |
physical barriers such as distance and terrain. economic barriers - cost of migration |
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internal migration |
comprised of migrants who move within their own country |
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interregional migration |
migration from one region of a country to another |
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intraregional migration |
moves within regions often from rural areas to nearby cities |
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international labor migration |
individuals who seek jobs in other contries |
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brain drain |
when best educated emigrate to other countries like doctors or engineers |
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chain migration |
migrants also follow informaiton like when parents move then childres or cousins |
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return migration |
may occur after some period of work allowing hem to save money to support them when hey reurn home |
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refugee |
someone outside his or her home country with a well founded fear of being persuecuted in that coutnry forreasos of race relgion nationality membership of a particular social group or political opinion |
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asylum |
sates are obligated to accept refugees and grant them stfety |
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internally displaced perons |
those displaced within their howmw country and not protected as refugees |
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environmentally displaced person |
when natual disasters forced migration |
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retirement migration |
a consequence of longer life expectancy in wealthier countries |
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multicultural policies |
meant to recognize and help preserve immigrants cultural identies |
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nativist |
are people who think that immigrant deserve fewer rights then existing inhabitants |
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xenophbia |
fear or hatred of foreigners |
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indigenous peoples |
native populations |
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melting pot |
mixed race and cultures the US was dubbed the melting pot |
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cultural mosaic |
Canada proudly calls itself |
