unit 2 vocab words (Human Geo)

Human migration

The permanent movement of people from one place to another

Arithmetic density

The total number of people per unit of land; also called crude density

Population distribution

Where people live in a geographic area

subsistence distribution

An agricultural practice that provides crops or livestock to feed one’s family and close community using fewer mechanical resources and more people to care for the crops and livestock

Agricultural density

The total number of farmers per unit of arable land

Landforms

Natural features of earths surface

Population density

The number of people occupying a unit of land

Physiological density

The total number of people per unit of arable land

Physiological density

The total number of people per unit of arable land

Arable land

Land that can be used to grow crops

Sex ratio

The proportion of males to females in a population

Dependency ratio

The number of people in a dependent age group divided by the number of people in the working-age group (under 15, over 65), multiplied by 100

TFR

Total fertility rate: The average number if children one omen in a given country/region will have during her childbearing years

Life expectancy

The average number of years a person is expected to live

CBR

Crude birth rate: The number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

Population Pyramid

A graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population

Demographics

Data about the structures and characteristics of human population

IMR

Infant mortality rate: The number of deaths a children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births

CDR

Crude death rate: The number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

Fertility

The ability to produce children