Density
Population distribution
Where people live
Physical & environmental factor
People are most likely to settle where there are climates, rich soils, and adaquate water supplies.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
The number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population.
#births/1,000 ppl
Voluntary Migration
Movement when you relocate in response to percived opportunity.
Moving for a job.
Unstable Government
Push
Political
The number of people occupying a unit of land
Climate
Clime refers to the long-term patterns of weather in an area that greatly affects the population distribution indirect and direct ways.
Helps shape soil and vegetation
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
The number of deaths in a giving year per 1,000 people in a population.
#deaths/1,000 ppl
Forced Migration
Moving because of force like a threat to their life.
Atlantic Slave Trade
Higher paying job
Pull
Economical
Arithmic Density
The total number of people per unit area of land.
Water accessibility
Water supplies like rivers and oases and can also access underground water sources called aquavers.
Created transport branches for transport and trade.
Infant Mortality rate
The number of deaths of children under the age of 1/1,000 live births.
#of deaths/1k live births
Internal Migration
The movement of people from on place to another within their country.
Cold weather
Push
Environmental
Agriculture Density
The total number of farmers per unit of arable land
Landforms
People perfer low lands due to the ease of building, planting, crops, and transporting goods.
Rocky, steep regions are less populated due to difficulty.
Total Fertility Rate
The average number of children one women in a region will have (ages 15-49)
#of kids/1 women can have
Step Migration
Voting for all citizens
Pull
Political
Physiological density
The total number of people of people per unit of arable land.
Bonus- Malthus's Theory of pop. Growth
The theory that the world would grow exponentially and that food production wouldn't keep up.
Dependancy Ratio
People in a dependant age group (>15 or 65<)/ number of people of people in the working-age group (15-74) x 100
Kids+old ppl/working ppl
Chain Migration
A situation in which migrants follow other migrants to a particular place.
Skiing
Pull
Environmental