Human Geography Vocabulary

total number of people who live in a place

• rural

• migration

• population

• push factors

shows the average of how many people are living per square mile or kilometer

• population

• population density

• migration

• refugee

type of community that looks like farmland

• urban

• suburban

• rural

type of community that looks like a city

• urban

• suburban

• rural

type of community on the outskirts of a city that looks like a neighborhood

• urban

• suburban

• rural

the process of relocating or moving to a new region or place

• urban

• migration

• refugee

• immigrant

things that attract people to migrate to a new region

• population density

• migration

• pull factors

• push factors

things that cause people to leave and migrate to a new region

• population density

• migration

• pull factors

• push factors

someone who flees his/her country for safety

• migration

• urban

• suburban

• refugee

a person who leaves one country and settles in another

• immigrant

• migration

• population density

• urban