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Unit 2: Population and Migration
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- 1Activity SpaceThe space within which daily activities occur.
- 2Chain MigrationPattern of migration that develops when migrants move along & through kinship links (migrant settles, communicates with others to describe new place, other in turn migrate there).
- 3RefugeeA person who leaves their homeland in the midst of civil unrest, oppression, or warfare.
- 4Internal MigrationMigration that occurs within a single country's border.
- 5Cyclic MovementShorter, regular trips away from home for defined amounts of time.
- 6Periodic movementLonger periods away from home undertaken from time to time. Ex. Going away to college, military service
- 7Voluntary MigrationMovement in which people relocate in response to perceived opportunity, not because they're forced to move.
- 8Gravity ModelPredicts interaction between places based on their population size and distance between them.
- 9Push FactorsConditions and perceptions that help a migrant decide to leave a place.
- 10Pull FactorsPositive conditions and perceptions that effectively attract people to new locales from other areas.
- 11Distance DecayThe effects of distance on interaction; greater distance = less interaction
- 12Step MigrationMigration to a distant destination that occurs in stages. Ex: from farm to nearby village and later to town and city
- 13Infant Mortality RateA figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population.
- 14Doubling TimeThe time required for a population to double in size.
- 15Gendered SpaceWhether the place is designed for or claimed by men or women.
- 16PopulationA measurement of the number of people per given unit of land.
- 17Population DistributionDescription of locations on the Earth's surface where people live.
- 18Population ExplosionThe rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century, attended by ever-shorter doubling times and accelerating rates of increase.
- 19Population PyramidsVisual representations of the age and sex composition of a population.
- 20Zero Population GrowthA state in which a population is maintained at a constant level because the number of deaths is exactly offset by the number of births.
- 21TranshumanceA seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures.
- 22OverpopulationA situation in which too many people or animals live in a certain area
- 23Mortality Ratemortality rate is the amount of deaths in a given population during a given period of time.
- 24Rate of Natural Increasecrude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population.
- 25Forced Migrationthe coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region.
- 26Natalitythe ratio of the number of births to the size of the population; birth rate
- 27Sex RatioThe number of males and females for every 100 females in a population.
- 28Disease DiffusionHow disease spreads in a population. Hierarchical diffusion spreads from urban to rural areas. Contagious is spread through the density of people.
- 29Age Distributiondistribution The proportion of individuals of different ages within a population.
- 30Ecumenethe area of land occupied by humans
- 31J-curveThe shape of a line graph of population graph when growth is exponential.
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- Advanced placement Human Geography Flashcards on Unit 2: Population and Migration, created by jayceescanlon on 25/10/2015.
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