Growth
What is the term used to describe the number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
death rate
What is the term for the number of years it takes for a population to double in size
doubling time
The movement of people from one place to another
Migration
A person who flees a country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
Refugee
The growth of cities as people migrate from rural areas to urban areas
Urbanization
What is the term used to describe the number of births per year for every 1,000 people
birth rate
Another term for continuing
Ongoing
To leave one’s home to live in another place
Emigrate
The spread of new ideas from a source point
Cultural diffusion
A huge city or cluster of cities with an extremely large population
Megalopolis
What is the term that means to age; to grow up
Mature
This is a diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender
population pyramid
To enter and live in a new place or country
Immigrate
To give
Contribute
A city generally considered to play an important role in the global economic system
World city
What is the term that refers to the growth rate of a population; the difference between birthrate and death rate
natural increase
To make or become less
Diminish
Factors that attract people to a place
Pull Factor
Migration of skilled or talented people out of a place
Brain drain
The set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates, such as telephone or transportation systems, within a country
Infrastructure
What is the term referring to the movement of people from place to place
Migration
To help
Promote
Factors that drive people from a place
Push factor
Money a migrant worker sends back to people in his or her home country
Remittance
Spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
Urban sprawl