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NatGeoUnit 2

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show Where people live within a geographic area  
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Clustered population   show
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show Long term patterns of weather in an area.  
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show when people make a permanent move from one place to another  
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show the number of people occupying a unit of land  
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show the total number of people per unit area of land. (Total number of people/total land area)  
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show The total number of people per unit of arable land  
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show Land that can be used to grow crops  
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show the total number of farmers per unit of arable land  
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show Farming that is providing crops and livestock for farmers family and close community  
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show Maximum population size an environment can sustain  
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show number of people in a dependent age group (under 15 over 65) divided by the number of people in the working-age group (15-64)  
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show Proportion of males to females in a population  
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show data about structures and characteristics of human populations  
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show the ability to produce children  
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show number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population  
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)   show
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Mortality   show
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Crude Death Rate   show
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Infant Mortality Rate   show
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show the average number of years a person is expected to live.  
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show Graphs that show age-sex distribution of a given population, which help indicate whether a population is growing rapidly, slowly or in decline  
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Rate of Natural Increase   show
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Doubling Time   show
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show growth and development of cities  
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Overpopulation   show
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show Raises concerns about sustainable use of the planet  
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show Population trends related to birth and death rate  
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Epidemiological Transition Model   show
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show Government policies designed to curb/decrease population growth  
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Pronatalist   show
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Mobility   show
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Circulation   show
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Human Migration   show
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show movement away from a location  
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show movement into a location  
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show difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location (can be negative or positive)  
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gravity model   show
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show make the choice to move to a new place  
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Forced migration   show
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Transnational migration   show
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show movement within a countries borders  
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friction of distance   show
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show migration practiced by nomads who move herds between pastures at cooler, higher elevations during the summer and lower elevations during winter.  
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Chain Migration   show
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Step Migration   show
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Intervening Obstacle   show
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Intervening Opportunity   show
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show migrants who travel to a new country as temporary laborers  
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show migrant workers who move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs  
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show people who are forced to leave their country (ex fear of death)  
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Asylum   show
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show people who have been forced to flee their homes but remain within their country's borders.  
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show movement from one region of the country to another  
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Intraregional migration   show
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show limits on the number of immigrants allowed into a country each year  
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kinship links   show
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Remittances   show
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show the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another often richer country  
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relocation diffusion   show
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show Describe trends in migration (there are 10...example 1Males migrate over longer distances than females...or migration is typically over a short distance)  
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