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AP human geograpghy
Chapter 2 and 3
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Geography
12th Grade
10/16/2011

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Agricultural Density
Definition
ratio of farmers to arable land
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agricultural revolution
Definition
the time that when humans domesticated plants and animals no longer soley depended on hunting
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Arithmetic Density
Definition
total number of people divided by total land area
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Census
Definition
Govt count of population and housing
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Crude Birth Rate
Definition
number of births per 1000 people
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Crude Death Rate
Definition
numner of deaths per 1000 people
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epidemiology
Definition
branch of medical science concerned with spread of disease
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industrial Revolution
Definition
boom of factories and technology
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infant mortality rate
Definition
number of babies per baby born that die within a year
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life expantancy
Definition
age a person is expected to live to
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medical revolution
Definition
boom of medical technology and knowledge
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Natural Increase Rate
Definition
Subtract CDR from CBR
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Demographic Transition
Definition

the stages of society's change

 

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demography
Definition
scientific stufy of population characteristics
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dependency ratio
Definition

number of people too old and too young to work

 

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doubling time
Definition
number of years needed to double a population
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ecumene
Definition
place permantly inhabited by humans
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epidemiological transition
Definition
distinctive cause of death in each stage
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overpopulation
Definition

arithmetic density is too high to support the population

 

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pandemic
Definition
a disease that affects many people over a large geographic span
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physiological density
Definition
number of people supported by an arable piece of land
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population pyramid
Definition
country's population and age represented on a vertical bar graph
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sex ratio
Definition
number of males per 100 females
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total fertility rate
Definition
avg amount of children a women will have in her lifetime
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zero population growth
Definition
CBR minus CDR = 0
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brain drain
Definition
large scale emmigration of talented people
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chain migration
Definition
immigrants all moving to a certain palce because other people of their race live there
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circulation
Definition
short term repetitive cyclical migration
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counter urbanization
Definition
net migration from urban to rural areas
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emigration
Definition
permantly LEAVING a location
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floodplain
Definition
area near a river that is subject to flooding
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forced migration
Definition
migrant was compelled to move by cultural factors
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guest workers
Definition
low paying but consistant jobs given to foreigners in Europe
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immigration
Definition
People cominmg INTO a place
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imternal migration
Definition
permanent movement within a country
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international migration
Definition
movement to a different country
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interregional migration
Definition
moving to a NEW region
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intervening obstacle
Definition
environmental or cultural factor that hinders migration
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intraregional migration
Definition
moving within a region
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migration
Definition
speciific type of relocation
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migration transition
Definition
changes in society comparable to those in the demographic transition
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mobility
Definition
the ability to migrate
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net migration
Definition
difference between number of emigrants and immigrants
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pull factor
Definition
induces people to mive to a place
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push factor
Definition
induces people to move away from a place
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quotas
Definition
maximum number of people allowed in a place
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refugees
Definition
people who have been forced to move from their homes/countries
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undocumented immigrants
Definition
immigrants who came into a country illegally
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voluntary migration
Definition
migrant chose to move
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