Potpourri
Government stuff
People are a' movin'
Population Stuff
Vocabulary
100
These use modern technology so a small number of people can feed an entire nation.
What are commercial farms?
100
Countries with little or no industry are called this kind of country.
What is developing?
100
"Push-Pull" theory is used to explain this.
What is immigration?
100
Population density is the number of people that live in a region divided by the number of this
What is square miles or square kilometers?
100
Total number of people
What is population?
200
Nations form these to work together for a common cause
What is alliances?
200
In capitalism, producers compete freely for consumers' business so it is also called this kind of economy.
What is free market economy?
200
This is why parents move from rural areas to urban areas
What is to give their children opportunities?
200
Demographers compare these 2 things to figure out population growth
What is birth rates and death rates?
200
A person who moves to a new county in order to settle there
What is an immigrant?
300
100 years ago, the death rate exceeded the birth rate because of this.
EITHER ACCEPTABLE: What is food was scarce? or What is lack of medicine?
300
Communism and Capitalism are examples of these.
What is economic systems?
300
This is another word for country areas or less populated areas.
What is rural?
300
Growing population causes this problem
What is not enough jobs?
300
Mass movement of people
What is migration?
400
Name a national alliance.
What is NATO (National Atlantic Treaty Organization)? or What is United Nations (UN)? or What is The World Trade Organization?
400
These kinds of farms only raise enough food to feed their own families.
What is subsistence farms?
400
"City" life could also be called this with a synonym.
What is urban life?
400
Because of an increase in food supply and better medical care, the world's population has recently started doing this rapidly.
What is increasing?
400
In this type of country are many people subsistence farmers
What is a developing country?
500
The increase in scientific method use, world food supplies, and medical advances have done this.
What is increased life expectancy? or What is increased world population?
500
Democracy, Monarchy, and Dictatorship are all forms.
What is government?
500
The process of movement of people to cities and the growth of cities is called this.
What is urbanization?
500
This is the way people are spread out over an area (2 word vocab term from this chapter)
What is population distribution?
500
Town meetings in New England where all adult residents vote are an example of this type of government
What is direct democracy?
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