Unit 5: Population and Migration Vocab

to move from a country

• immigrate

• refugee

• emigrate

• persecution

to move to a country

• immigrate

• brain drain

• emigrate

• refugee

something that encourages people to move to a new place

• pull factor

• genocide

• persection

• push factor

something that encourages people to leave a place behind

• pull factor

• genocide

• persection

• push factor

someone who seeks safety by going to another country

• immigrant

• rebel

• emigrant

• refugee

money sent to friends and families by immigrants to their home countries

• xenophobia

• brain drain

• remittance

• ethnic enclave

The average number of people living in an area

• population distribution

• population density

• urbanization

• population rate

The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate

• doubling time

• population decline

• birth rate

The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population

• death rate
• birth rate
• baby boom
• doubling time

What word describes the study of population patterns and change?

• population

• population density

• cartography

• demography