Human Geography Vocabulary

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Population

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The total number of people that live in a place

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Population Density

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The average number of people living in a square mile

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rural

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Type of community that looks like farmland

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urban

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Type of community that looks like city

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suburban

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Type of community that looks like a neighborhood of single person houses

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migration

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The process of relocating to a new place

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pull factors

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Things like jobs and resources that attract people to move to a place

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push factors

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Things like war and bad government that force people to leave a place

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refugee

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A person who flees their country for safety

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immigrant

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A person who leaves one country and settles in another