Unit Three (Assigned)

Question 1

Baby Boom

Answer 1

When a birth rate spikes

Question 2

Carrying Capacity

Answer 2

The amount of people that can be supported by the environment without damaging the environment

Question 3

Census

Answer 3

A survey that measures population

Question 4

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Crude Death Rate

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Demography

Answer 6

The study of characteristics of human population

Question 7

Demographic Regions

Answer 7

The statistical characteristics of human populations within specific geographic areas

Question 8

Demographic Transition Model

Answer 8

Explains the transition from high birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system

Question 9

Dependancy Ratio

Answer 9

A measure used to show the ratio of non-working-age individuals to the working age population

Question 10

Doubling Rate Time

Answer 10

How long it will take for the population of a country to double

Question 11

Ecumene

Answer 11

The portion of the Earth’s surface occupied by permanent HUMAN settlement

Question 12

Epidemological Transition Model

Answer 12

It describes the changing patterns of health and disease in a population as it transitions through different stages of development

Question 13

Echo Boom

Answer 13

Birth rate reflects earlier baby boom

Question 14

Fecund

Answer 14

The ability for a woman to concieve

Question 15

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 15

The annual number of birth deaths of infants under one year of age, compared with total live births

Question 16

Malthus Theory

Answer 16

The population is growing too rapidly because population increases geometrically and food increases arithmetically

Question 17

Mortality

Answer 17

The incidence of death within a population, typically measured as a rate per 1,000 individuals over a specific time period

Question 18

Natality

Answer 18

The number of live births divided by the population

Question 19

Natural Increase Rate

Answer 19

The percentage by which a population grows in a year

Question 20

Neo-Malthusian

Answer 20

Advocates of modern interpretations of Thomas Malthus’s theories, emphasizing the relationship between population growth and resource limitations

Question 21

Pandemic

Answer 21

Widespread outbreaks of infectious diseases that affect a large number of people across multiple countries or continents

Question 22

Population Densities

Answer 22

The number of people occupying an area of land

Question 23

S-Curve

Answer 23

Logistical Growth; the growth rate slows down

Question 24

J-Curve

Answer 24

Exponential growth; the growth rate of the population accelerates

Question 25

Sex Ratio

Answer 25

The numerical ratio of males to females in a given population, often expressed as the number of males per 100 females

Question 26

Standard of Living

Answer 26

The level of wealth, comfort, material good, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class or geographic area

Question 27

Total Fertility Rate

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Zero Population Growth

Answer 28

A demographic phenomenon where the number of people in a population remains stable, resulting from a balance between birth and death rates

Question 29

Brain Drain

Answer 29

The emigration of highly skilled and educated individuals from one country to another, often in search of better oppertunities, living conditions, or political stablity

Question 30

Cyclic Movement

Answer 30

Refers to the predictable and reccuring patterns of movement that people experience, often linked to seasonal changes or economic oppertunities

Question 31

Gravity Model

Answer 31

Estimates spacical interaction and movmenet between two places by resembaling Newton's gravitational pull; larger places attract more migrants! Closer places have a greater attraction that distant ones!

Question 32

Guest Workers

Answer 32

Individuals who temporarily migrate to a foreign country for employment purposes, after filling labor shortages in specific sectors

Question 33

Intervening Oppertunity

Answer 33

The potential alternatives that arise during the migration process, which can influence a person's decision to setttle in a location other than their intended destination

Question 34

Internal Migration

Answer 34

The movement of people within a country as individuals or groups relocate from one region to another

Question 35

International Migration

Answer 35

The movement of opeople across international borders to reside permanently or temporarily in a different country

Question 36

Interregional Migration

Answer 36

The movement of people between different regions within a country, often driven by factors such as economic opportunities, environmental conditions, or political situation

Question 37

Intraregional Migration

Answer 37

The movement of poele within a specific region, often characterized by changing residence from one area to another without crossing regional boundaries

Question 38

Forced Migration

Answer 38

The involuntary movement of individuals or groups away from their home or country due to factors such as conflic, persecution, natural distters, or economic hardhsip

Question 39

Voluntary Migration

Answer 39

Individuals move from one place to another based on their own free will

Question 40

Chain Migration

Answer 40

The process by which migrants move to a specific location not just independentally but through the influence of family or community members who have already settled there

Question 41

One Way MIgration

Answer 41

When people sell everything to move to a new location, usually in search of a new job, only to find said oppertunity no longer exists and they are unable to return to their homeland

Question 42

Step Migration

Answer 42

Migrants move to a nearer place first, then move farther away as they learn more about a further location

Question 43

Periodic Movemnet

Answer 43

The movement involves a longer period of time away from home, but there is an end date!

Question 44

Push-Pull Factors

Answer 44

A push factor is a reason for leaving a place and a pull factor is a reason for going to a place

Question 45

Quotas

Answer 45

Maximum limits on the numbers of people who could immigrate

Question 46

Refugee

Answer 46

People ehwo have been forced to migrate away from home to another country, then seek location in another country

Question 47

Transhumance

Answer 47

the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer.