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Population Geography

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age-sex distribution (population pyramid)   show
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baby boom   show
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baby burst   show
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show the largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support  
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chain migration   show
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show a population group unified by a specific common characteristic, such as age, and subsequently  
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show the term by which he american south used to be known, as cotton historically dominated the agricultural economy of the region. The same area is know as the New South or Sun Belt  
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show the number of live births per year per 1,000 people  
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Crude Death Rate (CDR)   show
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show an equation that summarizes the amount of growth or decline in a population within a country during a particular time period taking into account both natural increase and net migration  
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show a sequence of demographic changes in which a country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time  
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show the study of human populations, including their temporal and spatial dynamics  
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show the ratio of the number of people who are either too old or young to provide for themselves to the number of people who must support them through their own labor. This is usually expressed in the form n:100 where n equals the number of dependents  
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doubling time   show
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emigration   show
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exponential growth   show
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show the migration event in which individuals are forced to leave a country against their will  
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show the process of individuals moving into a new country with the intentions of remaining there  
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infant mortality rate   show
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internal migration   show
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life expectancy   show
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show author of EASSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION (1798) who claimed that population grows at an exponential rate while food production increases arithmetically, and thereby that, eventually, population growth would out place food production  
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migration   show
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natural increase rate   show
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Neo-Malthusian   show
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show a value judgement based on the notion that the resources of a particular area are not great enough to support that area's current population  
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show a measurement of the number of persons per unit land area  
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show a division of human geography concerned with spatial variations in distribution, composition, growth, and movement of population  
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show a model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population  
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show attractions that draw migrants to a certain place, such as a pleasant climate and employment or educational opportunities  
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show incentives for potential migrants to leave a place, such as a harsh climate, economic recession, or political turmoil  
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show people who leave their home because they are forced out, but not because they are being officially relocated or enslaved  
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show the norther industrial states of the United States, including Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in which heavy industry was once dominant economic activity.  
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show U.S region, mostly comprised of southwestern states, which has grown most dramatically since World War II  
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show the average number of children born to a women during a childbearing years  
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show movement of an individual who consciously and voluntary decides to locate to a new area-the opposite of forced migration  
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show proposal to the end population growth though a variety of official and nongovernmental family planning programs  
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