Geography - Unit 2 Vocab

Relating to or characteristic of a “town or a city”

• Rural

• Suburban

• Urban

• Pastoral

a super-city with a population of more than 10 million people; characterized by rapid growth

• Suburban

• Rural

• Megacity

• Urban

relating to or characteristic of the “countryside”

• Urban

• Suburban

• Metropolis

• Rural

“residential area” next to or surrounding a city

• Suburban

• Urban

• Rural

• Pastoral

the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities necessary for the operation of a society; ex: bridges, roads, sewage systems, power sources, transportation networks

• Megacity

• Infrastructure

• Metropolis

• Acculturation

the number of individuals occupying an area derived from dividing the number of people by the area they occupy

• Population Density

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Infant Mortality Rate

the total number of births in a year for every 1,000 people in a population

• Growth Rate

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Population Density

the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people in a population

• death rate

• birth rate

• growth rate

• infant mortality rate

the act or process of people moving from one place to another with the intent of staying at the destination permanently or for a long period of time

• Migration

• Growth

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Assimilation

leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Pull Factor

• Push Factor