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7396420146EcumeneThe portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.0
7396420147Population ClustersWestern Europe, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia Largest concentrations of population in these regions1
7396420148Population Distribution Causes/consequencespopulations tend to cluster around major water ways2
7396420149Population Explosionthe expontential growth that has occurred over the past 100 years.3
7396420150Demographic momentumThe tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline4
7396420151J curveexponential growth5
7396420152Carrying Capacitylargest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support6
7396420153OverpopulationThe number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.7
7396420154Population densityNumber of individuals per unit area8
7396420155Arithmetic DensityThe total number of people divided by the total land area.9
7396420156Physiological Densitythe number of people per unit area of arable land10
7396420157Agricultural DensityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture11
7396420160Crude Birth Rate (CBR)annual number of births per 1000 people12
7396420161Crude Death Rate (CDR)annual number of deaths per 1000 people13
7396420162Rate of Natural IncreaseCBR-CDR the percentage by which a population grows in a year excludes migration14
7396420163Demographic EquationNIR = CBR - CDR INCLUDING NET MIGRATION15
7396420164Doubling TimeThe time required for a population to double in size16
7396420165Mortalitydeath17
7396420166NatalityBirth rate18
7396420167Total Fertility RateThe average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.19
7396420170infant Mortality RateThe number of infant deaths per 1,000 births.20
7396420171Life ExpectancyA figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live21
7396420172Population PyramidA bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.22
7396420173Dependency RatioThe number of nonworking members compared to working members for a given population (0-14, 65 and up)23
7396420174Sex RatioThe number of males per 100 females in the population.24
7396420175Age distributionPercentage of the total population, or the population of each sex, at each age level.25
7396420176Aging populationA population with a high proportion of elderly26
7396420178Demographic Transition TheoryMovement from a high birth rate, high death rate to a low birth rate, low death rate.27
7396420179Zero population growthoccurs when the birth rate equals the death rate28
7396420180Overpopulationtoo many people in one place for the resources available29
7396420181Thomas MalthusEnglish economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies30
7396420182S Curverefers to part of population curve where the population starts to stabilize31
7396420183Epidemiological transition modeldistinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition32
7396420184PandemicA global outbreak of an infectious disease33
7396420185Pronatalist Population Policiesgovernment policies that try to promote larger families and birth rates34
7396420186Anti Natalist population policiesgovernment policies that try to promote smaller families and a decline in birth rates35
7396420187MigrationA movement from one country or region to another36
7396420188ImmigrationMigration to a new location37
7396420189EmigrationMigration from a location38
7396420190Migration Transition Modelcorresponds to demographic transition model, shows how many people migrated over time39
7396420191International MigrationPermanent movement from one country to another.40
7396420192Internal MigrationPermanent Movement within a particular country.41
7396420193US Migration Patternsfour waves of people coming into the United States at certain times42
7396420194Major historical migrationsslave trade, irish potato famine43
7396420195Interregional MigrationPermanent movement from one region of a country to another. only in large countries44
7396420196Intraregional: Rural to Urbanmovement from countryside to cities45
7396420197Intraregional: Urban to suburbsmovement from cities to the surrounding smaller cities, suburbs creates growth of metro area46
7396420198CounterurbanizationNet migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.47
7396420199Chain migrationpattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links48
7396420200Step MigrationMigration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination49
7396420203Brain Drainthe loss of highly educated and skilled workers to other countries50
7396420204Push Factorsfactors that push people out of one place to another place (environmental disasters, wars, famine)51
7396420205Pull FactorsFactors that induce people to move to a new location.Tend to be positive. Better economy, better environment, food52
7396420206Migrant workerspeople who move from one region to another in search of work53
7396420207Forced migrationspeople do not choose to leave. They are either forced to leave or have to leave for fear of death54
7396420208Refugeespeople who flee their homeland to seek safety elsewhere55
7396420209Internally displaced personsPeople who are forced to flee their home but stay within the country's borders56
7396420210Asylym seekersmigrants that are seeking sanctuary from foreign governments from fear of persecution57
7396420212Unauthorized ImmigrantsPeople who enter a country without proper documents58
7396420214Ravenstein's characteristics of migrantsmigrants tend to be young, childless, males59

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