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Kidd Davard Vocab
ap human geo vocab words chapter three
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Zero population growth | a condition of demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor declines |
Voluntary Migration | the unforced or free movement of large groups of people or individuals from their homelands to new areas |
total fertility rate | The total fertility rate (TFR, sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR)) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime |
sun belt | The southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of businesses and population into these states from the colder northern states |
rust belt | Parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population. Steel-producing cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio are at its center |
refugees | A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster |
push factor | A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion |
population pyramid | A bar chart, arranged vertically, that shows the distribution of a population by age and sex. By convention, the younger ages are at the bottom, with males on the left and females on the right |
population density | The average number of people who live on each square mile (or kilometer) of land |