Chapter 3 Vocabulary_Geography 110

_____ is movement of people from one country or region to another to live there.

• urbanization

• migration

• immigrant

• population distribution.

The total number of people

• population distribution

• population density

• population

• death rate

Scientist who studies population

• anthropologist

• sociologist

• demographer

• populationologist

What is population density?

• total number of people

• describes how the population is spread out across the world.

• the number of live births per year per 1,000 people.

• the average number of people who live in a square mile.

In which of the following areas would you expect many people to live?

• mountainous area

• flat area near a river

• hot, dry desert

Which of the following characteristics tells you that a continent might have a low population density?

• fertile soil

• rich natural resources

• few rivers and little rainfall

• good climates

What is urbanization?

• the movement of people from one place to another.

• the movement of people to cities.

• a person who moves to a new country in order to settle there

• the movement to a a village in the countryside

How do demographers use the “push-pull” theory?

• to explain climate change

• to explain immigration

• to describe political change

• to describe how people move to the cities.

What "pushes" people from one country to another?

• the hope for a better life, such as better living conditions, good climate and vegetation, and freedom.

• economic reasons such as poverty, lack of land and jobs.

What "pulls" people from one country to another.

• the hope for a better life, such as better living conditions, good climate and vegetation, and freedom.

• economic reasons such as poverty, lack of land, and lack of jobs.