Population and Migration Vocabulary Review - Unit 2

comparison of the numbers of males and females of different ages

• Age/Sex Ratio

• Population Pyramid

• Demographic Transition Model

• Epidemiologic Transition Model

the ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land

• Agricultural Density

• Arithmetic Density

• Physiological Density

• Demographic Density

when a country provides incentives for people to have fewer children (sometimes including punishments)

• Anti-natalist policy

• Pro-natalist policy

• European fecundity

• Total Fertility Rate

land that can be farmed

• Arable

• Ecumene

• Demographic

• Arithmetic

the total number of people divided by the total land area

• Arithmetic Density

• Agricultural Density

• Physiological Density

• Demographic Density

a person seeking residence in a country outside of their own because they fleeing persecution

• Asylum seeker

• Refugee

• Internally Displaced Person

• Emigrant

when the majority of educated or skilled workers leave an area to pursue better opportunities elsewhere

• Brain Drain

• Transhumance

• Educational Migration

• Internal Migration

the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain

• Carrying Capacity

• Overpopulation

• Ecumene

• Doubling Time

a series of migrations within a group that begins with one person who through contact with the group, pulls people to migrate to the same area.

• Chain Migration

• Step Migration

• Illegal Immigration

• Hierarchical Migration

methods of preventing pregnancy

• Contraception

• Anti-natalist policies

• Pro-natalist policies

• Total Fertility Rate