Population & Demography
What is density?
Number of people per square mile
What is immigration?
Moving from one country to another.
What is culture?
Shared language, food, and beliefs.
What is a state?
An independent country.
What is urbanization?
Movement of people to cities.
What is stage 1?
Stage where birth and death rates are both high.
What is refugee?
What is diffusion?
Spread of culture from one place to another.
What is a boundary?
Line that separates two countries.
What is Industrial Revolution?
Factories and machines change society.
What is TFR?
Average number of children per woman.
What are pull factors?
Reasons people move (jobs, freedom)
What is globalization?
McDonald's in every country.
What is gerrymandering?
Redrawing voting districts to win elections.
What is megacity?
Cities with more than 10 million people.
What is stage 2?
Rapid population growth in poorer countries.
What is internal migration?
Moving within the same country.
What is folk culture?
Traditional rural practices passed down generations.
What is a unitary state?
Country with one central government
What is suburbanization?
Movement of people from cities to suburbs.
What is demography?
Study of human populations.
What are immigration policies?
Laws that control who can enter a country.
What is cultural landscape?
The physical features shaped by human activity.
What is devolution?
Process where power shifts from central government to regions.
What is high mass consumption?
Rostow's final stage of economic growth.