AP HuG TUIZ Population and Migration
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MDC
Most Developed Country... highly developed (service based) economy and advanced infrastructure
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LDC
Least Developed Country... agricultural based economy with limited access to health care and education
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demography
the scientific study of population characteristics.
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overpopulation
when the number of people exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard
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Humans distributed across earth's surface - uniformly or not uniformly
Humans are NOT distributed UNIFORMLY across Earth.
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census
population count
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How do concentration and density relate to distribution of population?
it helps geographers explain the relationship between the # of people and available resources
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What are the 4 major population clusters?
-East Asia
-South Asia
-Europe
-Southeast Asia
-South Asia
-Europe
-Southeast Asia
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ecumene
permanent human settlement
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What are the 4 sparsely populated regions?
Dry lands, Wet lands, Cold lands, High lands
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Physiological Density
the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land
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arable land
land suitable for growing crops
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Agricultural Density
farmers : amount of arable land
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Arithmetic Density
population / land area
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CBR
crude birth rate; total # of live births every 1000
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CDR
crude death rate; # of deaths per 1000 people
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NIR
natural increase rate; % population grows in a year
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Doubling Time
# of years needed to double a population
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TFR
total fertility rate; # of children per woman
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dependency ratio
ppl too young and too old to work
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sex ratio
the number of males per 100 females in the population.
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Industrial Revolution
manufacturing goods and deliveries
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Medical Revolution
medical tech invented
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zero population growth
CBR declines and equals the CDR
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IMR
infant mortality rate; annual # of infant deaths
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migration
the permanent move to a new location
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emigration
migration FROM a location
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immigration
migration TO a location
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net migration
difference between # of immigrants and # of emigrants
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Most people migrate in search of three objectives - what are they?
economic opportunity, cultural freedom, and environmental comfort
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Ravenstein's Laws
-the distance that migrants typically move
-the reasons migrants move
-the characteristics of migrants
-the reasons migrants move
-the characteristics of migrants
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Ravenstein's Laws for distance
-Most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country
-Long distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity
-Long distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity
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International Migration
permanent move from one country to another
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voluntary migration
migrant chose to move
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forced migration
migrant pressured to move bc cultural or environmental factors
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Internal Migration
a permanent move within the same country
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How does distance decay relate to internal migration?
the farther away a place is located, the less likely that people will migrate to it
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Interregional vs. Intraregional Migration
inter= movement from one region of a country to another
intra= movement within one region
intra= movement within one region
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Global scale - What are the three largest flows of migrants?
Europe, Africa, Latin America