Key Terms
Characteristics of Migration
100
The total number of deaths in year per 1000 people alive in the society.
Define crude death rate.
100
Mountains, oceans, etc.
What is a natural obstacle to migration?
200
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Define arithmetic density.
200
Colonial migration of Europeans and Africans
What was the first main era of U.S migration?
300
The transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops.
What is demographic transition?
400
The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
What is doubling time?
500
Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition
What is Epidemiologic transition?
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