Unit 2 - Column 1
Define Ecumene.
Ecumene means the permanently inhabited, used, or habitable portion of the Earth's surface.
No countries.
True or False: China's One Child Policy was encouraged by the communist government as a means of population control
True; It was created and enforced by the government.
What pull/push factor is this (Environmental/Politicial/Economic/Social): A migrant moves to an area to be closer to a religious structure where they can worship more frequently.
Social Pull Factor
Define a map.
A map is a visual drawing or symbolic representation of all or part of an area, usually shown on a flat surface.
What is the Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?
This demographic metric measures the average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.
Define a push factor, and a pull factor.
A push factor is a negative condition in a current location that forces or drives a person to leave. A pull factor is a positive characteristic of a new location that attracts or draws a person toward it.
Find the median age of the following age group: 24, 83, 21, 18, and 19.
21
Define a step migration.
A step migration is a gradual movement from a starting place to a final goal in a series of short, temporary stages. People do this when a direct move is too hard or costs too much money and time.
What are the four common scales of analysis?
Global, regional, national, and local.
What is an intervening obstacle, and an intervening opportunity?
An intervening obstacle is a physical, political, or cultural barrier that slows or stops a person's migration journey. An intervening opportunity is a favorable alternative or new choice discovered along the way that convinces a migrant to stop traveling before reaching their original destination.
Define Ravenstein's 11 Laws of Migration.
Proposed by 19th-century geographer Ernest George Ravenstein in 1885, Ravenstein's Laws of Migration are a set of 11 generalizations based on UK census data that describe patterns in human movement, distance, and demographic characteristics.
What is the difference between pronatalist and antinatalist policies?
Pronatalist policies encourage people to have more children, while antinatalist policies try to reduce the number of births
Define Anthropocene.
The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch that marks the time when human activity became the dominant driver of global climate and environmental change.
Define DTM and ETM. (We know it stands for Demographic Transition Model and Epidemiological Transition Model. This question is asking you what does DTM and ETM means).
The Demographic Transition Model (DTM) tracks how birth rates, death rates, and overall population growth change as a country industrializes. The Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM) explains the specific causes of death and types of diseases that drive those shifting death rates across development stages.
What is the difference between refugees and IDPs?
The main difference between a refugee and an internally displaced person (IDP) is whether they have crossed an international border. [1]
What is the Malthusian Theory? When was it argued? Who came up with the theory?
The Malthusian Theory states that human population grows exponentially while food supply grows linearly. This mismatch eventually causes a catastrophic shortage of resources unless checked by famine, war, disease, or moral restraint. It was first argued in 1798 by the English economist and cleric Thomas Robert Malthus.
Define Disapora.
A diaspora is a population of people scattered across multiple regions outside their original geographic homeland who maintain a shared cultural, political, or emotional connection to where they came from.
What country has a low arithmetic population density, but a very high physiological population density?
Define Remittance.
A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to family or friends back home. [1]
Describe one demographic effect of large-scale emigration on a sending country.
One major demographic effect of large-scale emigration on a sending country is population aging and an increased dependency ratio.