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AP HuG Unit Two Review

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