AP Human Geography Unit 2 example #36764

A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. Ex. 450 people per square mile

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).

how population is spread out in an area Ex. The more wealthy people in Tallahassee live in the Northeastern side

the number of live births divided by the population Ex. 2,342 per month/320,000,000

the number of deaths per thousand people

the rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century Ex. Baby-boomer generation

when the birth rate equals the death rate

the level at which a national population ceases to grow Ex. Same number of births and deaths

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.

A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. Ex. Age-sex

a category of people with something in common, usually their age Ex. College towns with college students

the proportion of males to females in a population

areas or regions designed for men or women Ex. Men/Women's restrooms

the quality of life based on the possession of necessities and luxuries that make life easier

the number of deaths in the first year of life for every 1,000 live births

The diffusion of fertility control is spread throughout the world. Ex. In the U.S it's below 2.1 in much of Africa it is above 4, if South America is between 2 and 3, in Europe it is below 2.1, in China and Russia it is below 2.1, and in much of the Middle East it is above 4.

How disease spreads in a population. Ex. Hierarchical diffusion spreads from urban to rural areas. Contagious is spread through the density of people.

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.

The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained

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

The number of nonworking members compared to working members for a given population Ex. Retired elderly and young children

birth rate minus the death rate, suggesting the annual rate of population growth without considering net migration

The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.

A growth curve that depicts exponential growth

A curve that depicts logistic growth

The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

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.

circumstances of too few people to sufficiently develop the resources of a country or region to improve the level of living of its inhabitants.

largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

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.

this is the tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution. This is important because once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic transition model. Ex. Going from stage 3 to 4

Push are reasons for why settlers left homes; pull are reasons they moved to west Ex. Push- corrupt government, bad living conditions Pull- Freedom, Job opportunities

Permanent movement undertaken by choice. Ex. Jobs

human migration flows in which the movers have no choice but to relocate Ex. A group of people exiled from a country

the relocation of people away from overpopulated core regions to less crowded areas. Ex. Indonesia has a policy of moving people away from Java.

adding value to products by having them where people want them. Ex. Chinese food in China Town

The space within which daily activity occurs. Ex. Home, School, Work, a friend's house, library

the surrounding area over which a person makes some claim to privacy

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.

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages Ex. From farm to nearby village and later to a town and city

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

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration.

movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally Ex. Annual trip to L.A. visit family

movement that consists of one person migrating from one place to another

Migration involving temporary, recurrent relocation. Ex. military service, college.

The movements of livestock according to seasonal patterns. Ex. Lowland areas in the winter, and highland areas in the summer.

Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. Ex. Moving from the south to the west coast

population growth threatened future generations because, in his Malthus' view, population growth would always outstrip increases in agricultural production.

A sequence of demographic changes in which a country moves from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates through time. Stage 1 is low growth (low stationary), Stage 2 is High Growth (early expanding), Stage 3 is Moderate Growth (late expanding), and Stage 4 is Low Growth (low stationary), and Stage 5 although not officially a stage is a possible stage that includes zero or negative population growth.

distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition; stages 1 and 2 are the stages of pestilence and famine, infectious and parasitic diseases, and accidents and attacks by animals and other humans; stages 3 and 4 are the stages of degenerative and human-created diseases. Stage 5 is the stage of reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases. Ex. cardiovascular diseases and cancer

a predication of the interaction of places, population size, distance between them

Advocacy of population control programs to ensure enough resources for current and future populations.