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4983650274crude birth rateannual number of live births per 1,000 people in the population0
4983650275crude death ratethe number of deaths per year per 1,000 people1
4983650276age distibutionaka population pyramid2
4983650277aritmetic population dnsitythe total number of people divided by the total land area, least accurate3
4983650278carrying capacitylargest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support4
4983650279chain migrationa stream of people out of an area as first movers communicate with people back home stimulate others to follow later ex: mexicans moving to americans5
4983650280child mortality ratenumber of children who die between their 1st-5th year of their life6
4983650281cohortthe age bracket in a population pyramid category of people with something in common, usually their age7
4983650282cyclic movementmovement has a closed route/repeated daily ex: commuting to work8
4983650283demographic equationbirth-death+net migration calculates population change9
4983650284demographic momentumtendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility declining because of their young age distribution once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic transition model10
4983650286demographic transition modela sequence of demographic changes in which a country moved from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time11
4983650287dependency rationumber of people who are too young/too old to work compared to those who are the right age to work ex: europe has a high dependency ratio cause there is more old people12
4983650289disease diffusionhow disease spreads in a populations determines how disease spread ex: cholera13
4983650290distance decaybecomes less important/relevant further from origin14
4983650291doubling timetime it takes for the population to double (prediction) dt=70/percent of growth rate15
4983650292ecumeneparts of the earth that have been inhabited16
4983650293epidemiological transition modeldistinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition model stage 1- famine, wild animal attacks stage 2-infectious diseases ex: malaria stage 3 and 4 are degenerative and human created diseases ex: cancer, heart disease, old age stage 5- reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases17
4983650294eugenicsgovernment polices designed to favor one racial sector over others ex: Nazi, Hitler18
4983650295forced migrationforced to leave because of government polices or natural disasters19
4983650296gendered spaceareas or regions designed for men or women ex: areas where men rule over woman20
4983650297gravity modela mathematical prediction of the interaction of places, the interaction being a function of population size of the respective places and the distance between them21
4983650298human capitalthe value of a person to society22
4983650299infant mortality ratethe total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1,000 live births in a society23
4983650300intercontinental migrationmigration within a continent ex: moving from USA to Canada24
4983650301internal migrationmovement within a country Ex: moving from illinois to california25
4983650302international migration and refugeespeople fleeing from their country and crossing borders26
4983650303interregional migrationmigration between regions27
4983650304intervening opportunitythe presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away ex: car breaks down and they decide to live in that town28
4983650305J-curvea growth curve that depicts exponential growth29
4983650306life expectancya figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live30
4983650308migratory movementmovement that consists of one person migrating from one place to another31
4983650310neo-malthusiansupport thomas mathus's views in the present, advocacy of population control programs to ensure enough resources for future populations32
4983650311periodic movementmovement that involves temporary recurrent relocation ex: military, college33
4983650313physiologic population densitythe number of people per square unit of arable land34
4983650315population densitymeasurement of the number of people per given unit of land35
4983650316population explosionthe rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century, attended by ever shorter doubling times and accelerating rates of increase ex: post world war36
4983650317population projectionestimates of future population size, age, and sex composition based on current data37
4983650318population pyramida bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex38
4983650319push factorsencouragement for people to move from the region that they live in ex: genocide, dictatorship, environmental problems39
4983650320pull factorsreasons that attract people to a new region ex: well paying jobs, preferable weather conditions40
4983650321rate of natural increasecrude death rate- crude birthrate41
4983650322refugeea person who has been forced to migrate and cannot return due of fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion42
4983650323rural urban migrationmigration between rural and urban areas43
4983650324s- curveleveling off an exponential, J-shaped curve when a rapidly growing population exceeds the carrying capacity of its environment and ceases to grow44
4983650325sex ratiothe proportion of males to females in a population45
4983650328stage 1low growth; high death and birth rates leads to a population that varies overtime with little long term growth46
4983650329stage 2rapidly declining death rates high birth rates high growth47
4983650330stage 3moderate growth significant natural increase declining birth rates and low death rates48
4983650331stage 4low growth stationary stage low birth and death rate49
4983650332stage 5Very low birth rates low death rates. Natural decrease. Japan and Europe.50
4983650333standard of livingquality of life based on the possion of necessities and luxuries that make life easier51
4983650334step mirgrationlong distance migration done in stages52
4983650335sustainabilitybeing able to meet the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs53
4983650336thomas malthusbelieved that population was exponential and food supply was linear54
4983650337transhumanceseasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures55
4983650338voluntary migrationmovement in which people relocated in response to perceived opportunity, not because they are forced to move56
4983650339zero population growthwhen the birth rates equals the death rate57
5023138373DistributionHow things are spread across an area58
5023138374Agricultural densityNumber of farmers per unit of arable land59
5023138375RNI/NIR(CBR-CDR)/1060
5023138376BoserupAnti Malthusian. Humans will always find a way. Necessity breeds ingenuity.61
5023138377TFRNumber of children a woman is expected to give birth too in her lifetime.62
5023138378Replacement Level MDCTFR 2.163
5023138380FecundityYears in which a woman is able to conceive 15-4564
5023138381Expansive or pro-natalist population policyCountries that encourage pop growth. Denmark65
5023138382Anti-Natalist or Restrictive population policyCountries that want to limit population growth. China one child policy66
5023318393ImmigrationMigrants entering a country67
5023323061EmmigrationMigrants leaving a country68
5023364497Ravenstein's Laws of MigrationLaws that show patterns of migration. For example most migration is rural to urban. Young males are the most likely migrants. Most migration takes place in steps.69
5023370118Zelinsky's Migration Transition ModelOverlay of the DTM. Where people are migrating based on development. 1 not much moving. 2 most likely to be international 3 & 4 mostly internal70
5023378022RemittancesGuest workers and migrants who send money back home to help your family. Large part of the economy typically in the receiving country.71
5023378023Guest Workerspeople legally working in countries on a visa to fill a labor need.72
5023384994Intervening ObstaclesSomething that prevents you from getting to your intended destination. Great Wall of China. Border patrol. Checking Passports.73

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