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Population Density - correct answer ✅A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. Ex. 450 people per square mile Demographic regions - correct answer ✅Regions grouped together by the stage of the demographic transition model that most countries in the region are in. Ex. Cape Verde (Africa) is in Stage 2 (High Growth), Chile (Latin America) is in Stage 3 (Moderate Growth), and Denmark (Europe) is in Stage 4 (Low Growth). Population Distribution - correct answer ✅how population is spread out in an area Ex. The more wealthy people in Tallahassee live in the Northeastern side Natality - birth rate - correct answer ✅the number of live births divided by the population Ex. 2,342 per month/320,000, Mortality - death rate - correct answer ✅the number of deaths per thousand people
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Population explosion - correct answer ✅the rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century Ex. Baby-boomer generation Zero Population Growth - correct answer ✅when the birth rate equals the death rate Stationary Population level - correct answer ✅the level at which a national population ceases to grow Ex. Same number of births and deaths Age Distribution - correct answer ✅A model used in population geography that describes the ages and number of males and females within a given population; also called a population pyramid. Population Pyramid/ Age-sex pyramid - correct answer ✅A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. Ex. Age-sex Cohort - correct answer ✅a category of people with something in common, usually their age
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Maladaptation - correct answer ✅an adaptation that is less helpful than harmful; It can also signify an adaptation that, whilst reasonable at the time, has become less and less suitable and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on. Sustainability - correct answer ✅The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained Demographic equation (change) - correct answer ✅An equation that summarizes the amount of growth or decline in a population within a country during a particular time period taking into account both natural increase and net migration Dependency ratio - correct answer ✅The number of nonworking members compared to working members for a given population Ex. Retired elderly and young children Rate of natural increase - correct answer ✅birth rate minus the death rate, suggesting the annual rate of population growth without considering net migration Doubling time - correct answer ✅The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase. J-curve - correct answer ✅A growth curve that depicts exponential growth
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S-curve - correct answer ✅A curve that depicts logistic growth Ecumene - correct answer ✅The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement. Overpopulation - correct answer ✅The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living. Ex. A city that can't produce as much food as there are people. Underpopulation - correct answer ✅circumstances of too few people to sufficiently develop the resources of a country or region to improve the level of living of its inhabitants. Carrying capacity - correct answer ✅largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support Population projection - correct answer ✅a statement of a population's future size, age, and sex composition based on the application of stated assumptions to current data Ex. The world population could exceed 9 Billion by the end of the century. Demographic momentum - correct answer ✅this is the tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age
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Place utility - correct answer ✅adding value to products by having them where people want them. Ex. Chinese food in China Town Activity space - correct answer ✅The space within which daily activity occurs. Ex. Home, School, Work, a friend's house, library Personal space - correct answer ✅the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy Space-time prism - correct answer ✅The set of all points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum possible speed from a starting point in space-time and an ending point in space-time. Distance decay - correct answer ✅The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin. Step migration - correct answer ✅migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages Ex. From farm to nearby village and later to a town and city
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Chain migration - correct answer ✅migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there Ex. Mexican man moving to Nebraska because that's where his aunt, uncle and cousins settled Intervening opportunity - correct answer ✅An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration. Cyclic movement - correct answer ✅movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally Ex. Annual trip to L.A. visit family Migratory movement - correct answer ✅movement that consists of one person migrating from one place to another Periodic movement - correct answer ✅Migration involving temporary, recurrent relocation. Ex. military service, college. Transhumance - correct answer ✅The movements of livestock according to seasonal patterns. Ex. Lowland areas in the winter, and highland areas in the summer.
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Gravity model - correct answer ✅a predication of the interaction of places, population size, distance between them Neo-malthusian - correct answer ✅Advocacy of population control programs to ensure enough resources for current and future populations.
