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The number of people living in a specific area
Population
Lines that show where one place ends and another begins
Boundaries
The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time
Death Rate
The number of babies born compared to the total number of people in a population at a given time
Birth Rate
Paper money and coins in circulation
Currency
Places in the country where there are more fields and forests than big buildings
Rural Areas
A type of government run by the people
Democracy
DAILY DOUBLE
I am so simple that I can only point, yet I guide people all over the world
The set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people
Culture
When a city grows larger and spreads into nearby areas
Urbanization
Describes an area that is lightly populated (yee-haw country)
Rural
Describes an area that is densely populated (city)
Urban
Moving from one place to another
Migration
The average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer
Population Density
The geographic pattern of where people live
Population Distribution
Areas shaped by people
Cultural Landscapes
The study of how people and their activities are spread across the earth
Human Geography
_______________ is about how countries and smaller areas like states or provinces are shaped
Political Geography
The number of years it takes a population to double in size based on its current growth rate
Doubling Time
DAILY DOUBLE
What's the largest pencil in the United States?
What is one of the main causes of population shifts today?
Migration
If I move within the same country
Emigrate
If I move out of my country
Immigrate
This factor drives people away from a place (war, conflict, disease, etc.)
Push Factor
This factor attracts people to a place (family, college, jobs, etc.)
Pull Factor