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1251192813Brain DrainLarge scale emigration by talented people0
1251192814Cain MigrationMigration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.1
1251192815CirculationShort-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.2
1251192816CounterurbaniztionNet migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.3
1251192817EmigrationMigration from a location.4
1251192818FloodplainThe area subject to a flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.5
1251192819Forced MigrationPermanent movement compelled by cultural factors.6
1251192820Guest WorkersWorkers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher paying jobs,7
1251192821ImmigrationMigration to a new location.8
1251192822Internal MigrationPermanent movement within a particular country.9
1251192823International MigrationPermanent movement from one country to another.10
1251192824Interregional MigrationPermanent movement from one region of a country to another.11
1251192825Intervening ObstacleAn environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.12
1251192826Intraregional MigrationPermanent movement within a region of a country.13
1251192827MigrationForm of relocation diffusion involving s permanent move to a new location..14
1251192828Migration TransitionChange in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes, that also produce the demographic transition.15
1251192829MobilityAll types of movement from one location to another,16
1251192830Net MigrationThe difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.17
1251192831Pull FactorFactor that induces people to move to a new location18
1251192832Push FactorFactor that induces people to leave old residences.19
1251192833QuotasIn reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a county each year,20
1251192834RefugeesPeople who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear or persecution because of their race, religion, nationality membership in a social group, or political opinion.21
1251192835Unauthorized ImmigrantsPeople who enter a country without proper documents.22
1251192836Voluntary MigrationPermanent movement undertaken by choice.23
1251192837Agricultural densityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture24
1251192838Agricultural RevolutionThe time when human beings fist domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.25
1251192839Arithmetic DensityThe total number of people divided by the total land area.26
1251192840CensusA complete enumeration of a population.27
1251192841Crude Birth RateThe total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.28
1251192842Crude Death RateThe total number of deaths in a year fro every 1,000 people alive in a society.29
1251192843Demographic TransitionThe process of change in a society-s population from a condition of high crude birth rate and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.30
1251192844DemographyThe scientific study of population characteristics.31
1251192845Dependency RatioThe number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in labor force.32
1251192846Doubling TimeThe number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.33
1251192847EcumeneThe portion of Earth's surface occupied by a permanent human settlement.34
1251192848Epidemiologic TransitionDistinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition.35
1251192849EpidemiologyBranch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality.36
1251192850Industrial RevolutionA series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.37
1251192851Infant Mortality Ratethe total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,00 live births in a society.38
1251192852Life expectancyThe average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. At birth it is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.39
1251192853Medical RevolutionMedical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people t live longer and healthier lives.40
1251192854Natural Increase RateThe percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.41
1251192855OverpopulationThe number of people in an area exceeds the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.42
1251192856PandemicDisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.43
1251192857Physiological DensityThe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture,44
1251192858Population PyramidA bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.45
1251192859Sex Ratiothe number if males per females in the population46
1251192860Total Fertility RateThe average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.47
1251192861Zero Population GrowthA decline of the fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.48

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