AP HUGE ALL TERMS

Transhumance Migration

Seasonal movement of livestock

Intraregional migration

Permanent movement within one region of a country.

Interregional migration

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another region.

chain migration

migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

Step migration

migration occurs in stages

Guest worker

A migrant is given temporary legal status to work

Transnational migration

migration that happens over international borders

Acculturation

people retain their original culture while also adopting aspects of the new culture

Assimilation

People lose their original cultural traits when they join a new culture

Syncretism

two cultures come in contact with each other and the end result is a new culture

Multiculturalism

When various ethnic and cultural groups coexist in society

Crude Birth Rate

Total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive

Crude Death Rate

Total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive.

Natural increase Rate

The percentage by whicha population grows in a year.

Total fertility rate

The average number of children a woman will have during her reproductive years.

Dependency Ratio

The number of working people in a country who support the people in a country who cannot work

Sex Ratio

The ratio of males to females.

Doubling Time

The amount of time it takes for a population to double in size