Geography Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary

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Is the following statement true or false?
death rate- number of deaths compared to total number of people in a population at a given time

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true

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birthrate- number of babies born compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time

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true

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______ to leave one’s home to live in another place

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emigrate

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_____ to enter and live in a new country

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immigrate

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_______ people who flee a country because of violence, war, or persecution

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refugees

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megalopolis- a huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population

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true

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urban areas that are lightly populated

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false

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urban- areas that are densely populated

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true

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Is it true that population density is the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer?

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true

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Is the statement "population distribution is the geographic pattern of where people live on Earth" true or false?

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true