AP HuG Unit 2 Vocab

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

Male centered

Government policies that support lower birth rates

Land suitable for agriculture

The total number of people divided by the total land area.

Increase in food production resulting from the use of new farming methods

The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources

A complete enumeration of a population.

People who disagree with the Malthusian view of population and resources

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Disease that worsen over time.

The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.

The scientific study of population characteristics.

The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force

A country with an advanced economy and a high standard of living

A country that is of relatively low income or economically poorer than developed countries

The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.

The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

The process of change in the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society.

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.

The number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births

Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives.

The percentage growth of a population in a year. CBR - CDR

People who share the beliefs with Thomas Malthus, but believe humans will outgrow resources and food supply.

a situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

The number of people per unit of area of arable land

A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex

The number of working-age people (ages 15 to 64) divided by the number of persons 65 and older.

Government policy that supports higher birth rates

The number of males per 100 females in the population.

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.

Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee

Large-scale emigration by talented people.

The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment.

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.

Migration from a location

migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there

The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.

Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors or environmental factors.

A worker who migrated to developed countries in search of a higher-paying job.

Migration to a new location

the death of infants

Permanent movement within a particular country.

Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border

Permanent movement from one country to another.

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.

Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.

All types of movement from one location to another.

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.

A factor that induces people to move to a new location

A factor that induces people to move out of their present location

A law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.

Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated

Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination

A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so

Permanent movement undertaken by choice.