Population Basics
People moving into a country.
What is immigration?
A learned way of life shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
A country with recognized borders and government.
What is a state?
Migration that happens step by step, often from rural areas to small towns, then to big cities.
What is step migration?
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator?
People leaving a country.
What is emigration?
A religion that tries to spread worldwide, like Christianity or Islam.
What is a universalizing religion?
A group of people with a shared identity, often tied to land.
What is a nation?
When people move back to their place of origin after living elsewhere.
What is return migration?
Lines that run east to west and measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What is latitude?
The average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime.
What is fertility rate?
A religion tied to one place, like Hinduism.
What is an ethnic religion?
A boundary that follows natural features like rivers or mountains.
What is a physical boundary?
Movement of highly skilled workers from one country to another.
What is brain drain?
The type of map that shows natural features like mountains, rivers, and elevation.
What is a physical map?
When more people are born than die in a year.
What is natural increase?
The language spoken most widely in the world.
What is English?
A boundary drawn by humans, like straight lines on a map. (DAILY DOUBLE)
What is a geometric boundary?
People who move from one country to another for better job opportunities.
What are economic migrants?
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The number of people living in a given area.
What is population density?
The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape.
What is a cultural landscape?
The organization of people into voting areas for elections.
What is redistricting?
A person who moves to another country but has not yet been granted legal status.
What are asylum seekers?
A map projection that distorts size near the poles but keeps direction accurate. (DAILY DOUBLE)
What is the Mercator Projection?