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What does the term "birth rate" refer to?

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Number of live births per thousand women each year

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What does "Carrying Capacity" refer to?

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The maximum number of people or resources a region can support without environmental damage.

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What does the term "Death Rate" refer to?

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Number of deaths per thousand people each year

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What is the study of population statistics to show a changing structure of human populations called?

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Demography

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What does "Diffusion in Demography" refer to?

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The spread of an idea, innovation, or behavior in a population

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What is the term for a person who leaves their own country to settle permanently in another country?

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Emigrant

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What are environmental factors of migration?

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Environmental conditions that may cause people to move to or away from an area

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What is the term for the purposeful policy by one ethnic or religious group to remove another ethnic or religious group using violent or terror-inspiring ways from a region or area?

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Ethnic Cleansing

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What is forced migration?

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Movements of refugees or displaced peoples required by another group

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What is gentrification?

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The process of renewing an urban area by improving houses and attracting new businesses.