unit 2 vocabulary human geography

agricultural density

• the total number of people per unit area of land

• the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

• the total number of people per unit of arable land

• the number of people occupying a unit of land

antinatalist

• describing attitudes or policies that encourage childbearing as a means of spurring population growth

• limit on the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year

• describing attitudes or policies that discourage childbearing as a means of limiting population growth

• a model that represents shifts in the growth of the world’s populations, based on population trends related to birth & death rate

arithmetic density

• the total number of people per unit area of land

• the total number of farmers per unit of arable land

• the total number of people per unit of arable land

• the number of people occupying a unit of land

asylum

• a graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population

• a migrant who travels to a new country as temporary labor

• the maximum population size an environment can sustain

• the right to protection in country

brain drain

• a concept that states that the longer a journey is, the more time, cost, and effort it will involve

• movement to a location

• movement from one region of the country to another

• the loss of trained or educated people to the lure of work in another (often richer) country

carrying capacity

• the difference between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a location, such as a city or country

• the maximum population size an environment can sustain

• the average number of children one women is a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (age 15-49)

• series of smallest moves to get ot the ultimate destination

chain migration

• type of migration in which people more to a location because other from the community have previously migrated there

• type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

• type of migration in which people are compelled to more by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

• migration pattern in which migrant worker move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs

circular migration

• type of migration in which people are compelled to more by economic, political, environmental, or cultural factors

• international migration in which people retain strong cultural, emotional, and financial ties with their countries of origin

• type of migration in which people make the choice to move to a new place

• migration pattern in which migrant worker move back and forth between their country of origin and the destination country where they work temporary jobs

crude birth rate

• the number of deaths of children under the age of one per 1,000 live births

• the number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

• the number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

• the average number of children one women is a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (age 15-49)

crude death rate

• the number of deaths of children under the age of one per 1,000 live births

• the number of deaths in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

• the number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

• the average number of children one women is a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (age 15-49)