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Coach A Chap 3 Voc
Chapter 3 Voc
Term | Definition |
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death rate | the number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time |
birthrate | the number of babies born compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time |
doubling time | the number of years it takes a population to double in size based on its current growth rate |
population distribution | the geographic pattern of where people live |
population density | the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer |
urban | describes an area that is densely populated |
rural | describes an area that is lightly populated |
emigrate | to leave one’s home to live in another place |
immigrate | to enter and live in a new country |
refugee | a person who flees a country because of violence, war, persecution, or disaster |
culture | the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people |
ethnic group | a group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural background |
renewable resources | resources that can be totally replaced or are always available naturally |
nonrenewable resources | the resources that cannot be totally replaced |
export | to send a product produced in one country to another country |
import | when a country brings in a product from another country |
globalization | the process by which nations, cultures, and economies become mixed |