Vocab
Shows the average of how many people are living per sq mile or kilometer
What is population density?
a type of government where the people have the right to vote
What is a democracy?
the current population of the world
What is more than 8 billion?
process of relocating to a new region
What is migration?
wealth and resources of a country or region
What is economy?
A person who flees their country
What is a refugee?
the type of government run by a king or queen
What is a monarchy?
land that are suitable for human living
What are habitable lands?
factors that cause people to leave a country
What are push factors?
an economy where resources are controlled by individuals
What is a market economy?
A person who leaves one country and settles in another
What is an immigrant?
An organization set up to make and enforce rules for a society.
What is government?
total number of people who live in a specific area
What is population?
factors that attract people to move to a region
What are pull factors?
these are examples of economic push factors (give 2)
What is lack of jobs, high unemployment, poverty?
Geographers who study the characteristics of human population
Who are demographers?
the type of government that we have in the USA
What is democracy?
areas in the country, often with farms
What is rural?
reasons why people move (give two categories of pull factors)
What is economic, environmental, political, and cultural?
these are examples of economic pull factors (give 2)
What are opportunities to make money, jobs, cheaper living?
Refers to cities
What is urban?
a type of government where one person has absolute power
What is a dictatorship?
an economic factor that could determine population density (name one)
What are jobs, affordable housing, etc.?
personal freedom and return to homeland are examples of this type of pull factor
What is cultural?
an economy where men and women are given different economic roles and tasks
What is a traditional economy?