AP Human Gepgraphy Vocab Test 3

Spatial

Pertaining to space on the Earth’s surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic

Pronatalist Policy

Government attempts to raise the rate of natural increase

Epidemiological transition

Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

Census

An official enumeration of the population

Asylumn

Shelter and protection in one state for refugees from another state

Relocation diffusion

Sequential diffusion process in which the items being diffused are transmitted by their carrier agents as they evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones. The most common form involves the spreading of innovations by a migrating population.

Arithmetic density

The population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area.The figure is derived derived by dividing the population of the areal unit by the number of square kilometers or miles that make up the unit.

Agricultural density

Ratio between the number of agriculturists per unit of arable land in a specific area

Eugenic policy

Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others

Gravity model

A mathematical formula to express the gravitational force that one object exerts on another; social scientists seek analogous formulas in their study of human activities.

IMR

The number of infants per thousand who die before reaching 1 year of age

Demographic transition model

Replacement of high birth and death rates by low birth and death rates

Chain Migration

Pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and through kinship links

Dependency ratio

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

Physiological density

The density of population per unit of arable land

Malthus

Claimed that geometric growth of population would eventually exceed the arithmetic growth of resources.

Population density

is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume

Guest Worker

a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.

Antinatalist policy

Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase

Carrying capacity

the largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support