AP Human Geography: Population and Migration Study Guide

Vocabulary flashcards based on the 'I Can...' study checklist for population patterns, demographic models, and migration concepts.

Population Distribution

The spatial arrangement of people across space, shaped by physical and human factors and varying according to the scale of analysis.

Geographic Data Collection Methods

Techniques used by geographers to collect spatial information, specifically including GIS and GPS.

Arithmetic, Physiological, and Agricultural Density

Three distinct methods utilized by geographers to analyze population density.

Societal and Environmental Impacts of Population

The significant effects that population distribution and population density have on society and the natural environment.

Elements of Population Composition

The demographic components used by geographers to analyze and depict population makeup, specifically including age structure and sex ratios.

Population Pyramid

A visual tool used by geographers to depict population composition, assess population growth and decline, and predict markets for goods and services.

Demographic Transition Model

A model used by geographers to describe and analyze population change over time.

Malthusian Theory

A theory of population growth and decline, studied alongside its critiques, used to analyze population change and its consequences.

Population Policies

Government initiatives and regulations evaluated based on their intent and their actual effects on population size and composition.

Demographic Consequences of the Changing Role of Females

Changes in population growth, birth rates, and demographic composition around the world driven by shifts in the role of females.

Aging Population

A demographic condition with distinct causes that produces notable social, economic, and political consequences.

Push and Pull Factors

Different causal factors that encourage migration, which can be cultural, demographic, economic, environmental, or political.

Mortality, Fertility, and Migration

The three components responsible for changes in population, which are influenced by an interplay of environmental, economic, cultural, and political factors.

Types of Voluntary Migration

Movements undertaken by choice, including transnational, transhumance, internal, chain, step, guest worker, and rural-to-urban migration.

Types of Forced Migration

Involuntary population movements, including slavery as well as events that produce refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and asylum seekers.

Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and Asylum Seekers

Displaced populations produced by events of forced migration.

Geographic Effects of Migration

Historical and contemporary impacts of population movements, categorized into political, economic, and cultural effects.