Population Size and Change
The total number of people living in a place such as a country, state, or city.
Population
The number of people living in a certain amount of land (like a square mile).
Population Density
The movement of people from one place to another:
Migration
If a place has flat land, fresh water, and fertile soil. What is most likely true about this place? Would people want to settle here?
Yes, people would want to settle here!
What is the basic system that helps a city function?
Infrastructure
How the number of people changes over time.
Population Growth
If there are 30 students in Mrs. Hauxwell's class and 20 students in Mrs. Lindquist's class, who has the higher density?
Mrs. Lindquist's class
When people leave their country because of war, natural disasters, drought, lack of jobs, or food shortages, it is called...
Push Factors
Are urban areas cities or rural areas?
Cities
Money that workers send back to family members in another country.
Remittances
Population changes because of three main things:
Births
Deaths
Migration
Name a place with high density.
Cities
Areas with many jobs
Places with transportation
What are the things that attract people to an area called, such as jobs, better housing, good schools, safety, and more opportunities?
Pull Factors
What are countryside areas called?
Rural areas
When skilled workers leave a country to work somewhere else.
Brain Drain
This happens when birth rates are higher than death rates.
Natural increase
Name a place with low density.
Deserts
Polar regions
Mountains
Moving into a new country is called:
Immigrate
This happens when people move from rural areas to cities:
Urbanization
A small village provides only basic goods like groceries, while a nearby city provides hospitals, universities, and major shopping centers.
Which idea best explains this pattern?
Central Place Theory
What happens to the population if more babies are born than people who die?
The population grows!
What tells how crowded a place is?
Population density
Leaving your home country is called:
Emigration
What is one major difference between urban and rural areas?
Urban areas have more people living close together.
Explain one challenge cities may face when their population grows very quickly.
Traffic
Pollution
Crowded Housing
Not enough services (medical, emergency, etc...)