Unit 2 Population and Migration

Arithmetic Density

Number of people per sq mile/kilometer

Physiological Density

Number of people per unit of arable land

Agriculture Density

Number of farmers per unit of arable land

Crude Birth Rate

Number of live births over 1000 people

Total Fertility Rate

Average number of babies over women

Infant Mortality Rate

Death of infants under 1 year of age over 1000 live births

Crude Death Rate

Total number of deaths over 1000 people

Pro Natalist

Policies promote birth

Anti Natalist

Polices seek to restrict birth

Free Market Countries

An economic system where prices for goods and services are determined by the market forces of supply and demand, with minimal government intervention.

LandLocked Countries

A sovereign nation that has no direct access to an ocean or sea connected to the world's oceans

Rate of Natural Increase

Birth rate - Death rate divided by 10

Doubling Time

70 years over rate of natural increase in percent

Transnational Migration

Migrants leave their country of origin and enter another.

Transhumance

Migration where livestocks are led across areas, think shepards.

Internal

Permanent move within a country

Chain

Migration where there is some type of relationship with a previous migrant

Step

A series of starts and stops, like up and downs in life

Guest Worker

Temporary Migrants with permission to migrate for work or education related reasons

Endemic

Stays local

Epidemic

Spreads through region

Pandemic

Spreads across region