Human Geography Vocabulary

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total number of people who live in a place

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population

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What shows the average of how many people are living per square mile or kilometer?

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population density

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Type of community that looks like farmland

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rural

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Type of community that looks like a city

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urban

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Type of community on the outskirts of a city that looks like a neighborhood

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suburban

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the process of relocating or moving to a new region or place

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migration

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Things that attract people to migrate to a new region

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Pull factors

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Things that cause people to leave and migrate to a new region.

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Push factors

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someone who flees his/her country for safety

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refugee

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a person who leaves one country and settles in another

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immigrant