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Title: Population Vocabulary Review


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Population Vocabulary Review
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1.
  • Number of people in a given area
  • population

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2
  • The number of deaths per year for every 1,000
    people
  • death rate

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  • Number of births per year for every 1,000 people
  • birth rate

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  • The study of population
  • demography

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  • The number of people per square mile or square
    kilometer
  • population density

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  • A severe lack of food
  • famine

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  • The movement of people from one place to another
  • migration

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  • Movement of people within their own country
  • internal migration

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  • The movement of people from one country to another
  • international migration

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10.
  • A city area
  • urban

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11.
  • An area outside of cities or town
  • rural

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12.
  • Growth of cities
  • urbanization

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13.
  • A person who moves into a country to settle
    permanently there
  • immigrant

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14.
  • A person who permanently exits or leaves a country
  • emigrant

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15.
  • One who flees an area because his life in in
    danger
  • refugee

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  • A theory that explains what causes a person to
    leave a country and move to another
  • Push-pull theory

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17.
  • The average number of years one is expected to
    live
  • Life expectancy

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18.
  • What is the difference between an area that is
    densely populated and one that is sparsely
    populated?
  • A densely populated area is crowded while a
    sparsely populated are is not crowded.

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Other things to know
  • Know how to calculate population density
  • Describe the things that push a person to leave
    a country and the things that pull a person to
    a new country
  • Analyze a population pyramid
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