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AP HuG Unit Two

AP HuG Unit Two Review

Term	Definition
Emigration	To migrate away from a country into another one.
Immigration	To migrate into a country.
Population distribution	The way a population is organized (clustered, dispersed)
Industrial revolution	The transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.
Agricultural density	The comparison of the number of farmers to the area of arable land.
Arable land	Land that is suitable for growing crops
Arithmetic density	The comparison of the total population of an area divided by the total area
Ecumene	Land that is permanently populated by humans
Intervening obsticles	Barriers that make it harder for an immigrant to reach their desired destination.
Intervening opportunities	Opportunities migrants occur on route that disrupt their original migration plan
Physiological density	The comparison of the total population divided by the amount of arable land
Pull factors	Positive factors that attract people to a certain area
Push factors	Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where someone lives that compels them to leave.
Carrying capacity	The number of people a region can support without damaging the environment
Overpopulation	When a region has more people than it can support.
Replacement-fertility level	The level of fertility at which a population replaces itself from one gen to the next.
Age-sex ratio	How long people tend to live based on sex.
Population pyramid	A graph that shows info on birth rates, death rates, and life expectancy based on sex.
zero population growth	When the crude birth rate and crude death rate are equal so the population remains the same
Crude birth rate	Number of births in a country in one year per 1000 people
Crude death rate	Number of deaths in a country in one year per 1000 people
Demography	The statistical study of human populations
Doubling time	The estimated amount of time it will take for a country's population to double
Fertility	The ability for women to have children
Infant mortality rate	The measurement of how many infants in a country each year per 1000 children will die
Medical revolution	When medical technology is diffused to poorer countries.
Mortality	Mortality is the ability to die
Rate of Natural Increase	The crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
Total fertility rate	The average amount of children a women has in her life
Demographic transition model	A graph that shows the five typical stages of population change
Epidemiological transition model	Shows predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop.
Anti-natalist policies	Programs designed to decrease fertility rate
Pro-natalist policies	Programs designed to increase fertility rate
Contraception	The intentional prevention of pregnancy
Dependency ratio	The comparison between the dependent population and the potential workforce
Graying population	The percentage of a population over 65
Life expectancy	The average age people live in their individual countries
Asylum seeker	Someone who seeks asylum; or protection granted by a country to an immigrant who has a fear of harm or death if they return home.
Chain migration	The trend that when people immigrate, they migrate towards people they know

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