AP Human Geography Unit 2

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What is population distribution?

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The spread of population in a given area or region.

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What factors influence population distribution?

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Climate, resources, economic opportunities, political stability, and social factors

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What is the term for the movement of people from one place to another?

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migration

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What is the difference between immigration and emigration?

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The act of entering and settling in a country that is not one's native country is called immigration, while the act of leaving one's native country to settle in another country is called emigration.

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What are push factors in migration?

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Reasons or circumstances that compel individuals or groups to leave their current location and move to another place.

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What are pull factors in migration?

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Reasons or conditions that attract people to move to a particular place.

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What is the term for the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas?

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Urbanization

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Population increases happen when a country experiences: Higher death rates than birth rates, Higher birth rates than death rates, Higher migration rates than immigration, Higher immigration than birth rates.

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Higher birth rates than death rates

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Which of these are a push factor? Better paying jobs, Lack of job opportunities, Favorable Climate, Higher standard of living

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Lack of job opportunities

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Which of these is a pull factor? High Crime rates, Famine, Lower cost of living, War

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Lower cost of living