DTM
Term for the fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000.
CBR - Crude Birth Rate
The approximate population of the earth is:
8 billion people
Countries like Switzerland, Canada, & New Zealand all have relatively ________ population growth rates.
Low
What caused the largest level of interregional migration in the United States?
opening up of the western territories, manifest destiny, railroads
Name that country
Place refugees have fled due to conflict/war due to ISIS
Syria
In what stage of the DTM would one find relatively low population growth rates due to low birth rates?
Stage 4
What does it mean for a country if it has an upside down population pyramid? Name one country that currently has this.
Place whose population is dominated by the elderly; Japan, Germany
This is the world's 2nd most populated country
India
Term for an individual who is forced to migrate from one's home country & cannot return for fear of prosecution because of one's race, religion nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion
refugee
In the early 21st century, the largest number of refugees is located in ___________. (continent)
Africa
Within what type of country would one expect to find a population with a relatively young age structure?
LDC - less developed country
Or
Developing country
Throughout the 1950s and 1970s many people came to economically prosperous Western European countries from North Africa and less economically prosperous European countries as _______________.
guest workers
Term for the phenomenon that skilled workers from a country immigrate to America and then bring family over later through reunification policies.
chain migration
Name that country
Taliban vs NATO conflict/war resulted in numerous refugees from this country
Afghanistan
Term for the average number of births women are expected to bear in their lifetime.
TFR- Total Fertility Rate
Why is physiological population density viewed as superior to arithmetic population density?
It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land.
The relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country's population is referred to as its _____________.
Dependency ratio
This kind of diffusion is migration.
Relocation Diffusion
This is the largest ethnic cleansing event in world history
Holocaust
As a rule currently, this continent has high population density and a low level of economic development
Africa
The large border fence between US and Mexico can be described as this:
Intervening obstacle
The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as its ____________.
carrying capacity
"Do It for Denmark" is a this type of government policy.
Pro-Natalist policy
When counties lose smart people to emigration
Brain drain