AP Human - Unit 2 Vocab Examples: Population Patterns and Processes

a neighborhood with large homes and parks would be likely to have families with children and an industrial zone might have few residences

Social Stratification

In 2019, the US had a population of approximately 328,239,523 in a total area of 3,841,999 miles. Therefore the arithmetic density was 85.4 people per square mile or 35.9 people per square kilometer. Can be 85.4/sq. mi. or 85.4/mi^2

Arithmetic Density

sewer systems, electrical grids, roads, and bridges, etc.

Infrastructure

a region with a good soil, climate, and other resources might be able to support many people

carrying capacity

After WWII, the US has a baby boom from 1946 to 1945

Baby Boom

Massachusetts, the IMR per 1000 live births dropped from 130 in 1850 to about 4 today

Infant Mortality Rate

The West African country of Ivory Coast had a population growth rate of about 2.0. Since 70 divided

Doubling Time

Niger, Mali, South Sudan

Stage 2 of the DTM

Indonesia, India, Mexico, Turkey

Stage 3 of the DTM

United States, South Korea, China, Canada

Stage 4 of the DTM

Germany, Japan

Stage 5 of the DTM

China's One-Child Policy from 1972-2016.

Anti-Natalist Policies

since the first humans lived in eastern Africa, people have been on the move

Migration

political, laws restricting information and border patrol, environmental/barriers and obstacles etc.

Intervening Obstacles

A migrant might find a job along the way

Intervening Opportunities

In a common pattern in rural-to-urban migration, a migrant from a small town is most likely to move first to a larger town, later a small city, and finally a large city

Step Migration

In the 1990s and early 2000s, as many Mexican migrants were moving to the US, a counter migration of people moved from the US to mexico.

Counter Migration

Fleeing natural disasters, war, political persecution, or ethnic and cultural problems in their homelands

Forced Migration

"Little Italy" and "Chinatown"

Ethnic Enclaves