AP Human Geography Vocab Real World Examples

Agricultural Density

America has 4 farmers per square kilometer of arable land

Anti-Natalist Population Policies

Chinas 1 child birth policy

Arithemtic Population Density

USA has 78 persons per square mile

Brain Drain

Once most people in India graduate they tend to leave to the US for better job opportunities

Carrying Capacity

A boat sunk and there is only so much water and food for the people on the boat to use to survive which limits their carrying capacity

Chain Migration

Asian people moved to California and then more people followed after and created china town

Demographic Momentum

China introduced its 1 child policy but the population still continued to grow

Demography

The study of age in a population

Ecumene

The United States of America

Emigration

People living in Ireland then moving to the US

Genocide

Rwandan genocide. the Hutu killed the Tutsi minority

Arable Land

Land near the Nile river

Guest workers

People with a H-1B visa going to work for special skills in a special area in another country

Immigration

Someone in the US who was from Mexico

Internal Migration

People moving from rural to urban areas

International Migration

People moving from Chad to Sudan

Interregional Migration

Someone moving from northeast America then to Southeast America

Intervening Obstacle

People who do not speak the language of that country

Intervening Opportunity

Someone going to America but they stop at Germany because the get a job there

Intraregional Migration

People in cities then moving to suburbs

Migration

People on the east coast moving to the west coast

Rate of Natural Increase

The United States has a NIR of 3.23 people per 1,000 people

Net Migration

The British Virgin Islands has a net-in migration of 16.5

Physiological population density

The population density of the usa is 380 people per square mile of arable land

Population Density

France population density is 109.8 people per square kilometer

Step Migration

Slaves on the underground railroad stopping at safe houses along the way

Population Distribution

People are not evenly distributed across earth

Fertility Rate

Worlds fertility rate is 2.5 children per women

Mortality Rate

The mortality rate of the USA is 1

Migration Rate

3.15 migrants per 1,000 people

Doubling time

The doubling time of canada population is 78 years

Dependency Ratio

The usa dependency ratio is 22.1

Refugee

I move from my country because there is a genocide in my country

Internally Displaced Person (IDP)

Africa has 10.762 million IDP

Asylum Seekers

People in australia as asylum seekers