Test #2

the number of people living per unit of an area (e.g. per square mile); the number of people relative to the space occupied by them

the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

The total number of people divided by the total land area

A complete enumeration of a population

The total number of live births in the year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

the process of change in a society’s population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population

The scientific study of population characteristics

the number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force

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

Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people

The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society

the average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live

Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population

The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture

The number of males per 100 females in the population

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero

Large-scale emigration by talented people

Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis

net migration from urban to rural area in more developed countries

migration from a location

The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends

permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors

Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs

Permanent movement within a particular country

Permanent movement from one country to another

An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

Permenant movement from one region of a country to another

permanent movement within one region of a country

Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location

Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition

All types of movement from one location to another

The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration

factors that induce people to move to a new location

Factors that induce people to leave old residences

In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year

people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for year of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion

People who enter a country without proper documents

Permanent movement undertaken by choice