Human Geography Terms Check 1

Building a road in the desert is

• Modify a physical feature

• Adapt to a natural hazard

• Adapt to climate

All of the people in a particular area

• migration

• demographics

• population

• census

the pattern or spread of people in a given area

• census

• death rate

• population distribution

• demographics

the number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre

• population density

• birth rate

• death rate

• population

Population divided by Area =

• population density

• population growth

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Communities that are just outside of an urban area where many people live in neighborhoods are...

• rural areas
• suburbs

Which density would be found in a rural area?

• high density
• low density

The density of an urban area would be...

• high
• low

Busy streets, traffic, many people walking, and noise are all descriptors of...

• urban area
• rural area