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the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact. the processes of globalization transcend state boundaries and have outcomes that vary across places and scales
what is globalization?
A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land.
Population density
The number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
The act of a person leaving a country or area to settle elsewhere
Emigration
this class's room number is...
1302
regional outbreak of a disease
what is epidemic?
The population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area. The figure is derived by dividing the population of the areal unit by the number of square kilometers or miles that make up the unit.
Arithmetic population density
Generally long-lasting afflictions now more common because of higher life expectancies
Chronic (or degenerative) diseases
A 1940s-era U.S. government program designed to encourage Mexicans to come to the United States to work as contract laborers.
Bracero Program
The correct spelling of my name is:
nathalie, natalie, nataly, natali
natalie
true or false:
latitude is 0o to 90o north or south of the equator and longitude is 0o to 180o east or west of the Prime Meridian passing through Greenwich, England
true
The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the fi rst year of their lives in a given population.
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
The eff ects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction.
Distance Decay
What color have I had my hair ??
red, blue, orange, green, purple, pink, red, dark blue
a type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in or more phenomena; also called uniform region or homogenous region
what is formal region?
Multistage model, based on Western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. High birth rates and death rates are followed by plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain; this is followed by the convergence of birth rates and death rates at a low overall level.
Demographic transition model
A figure that describes the number of children that die between the fi rst and fifth years of their lives in a given population
Child mortality rate
A refugee or group of refugees returning to their home country, usually with the assistance of government or a non-governmental organization.
Repatriation
Pierce the veil
the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development. also referred to as environmentalism
what is environmental determinism?
Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others.
Eugenic population policies
If birth rate is falling and death rate is slowing down, what stage is this?
DTM - Stage 3
Place built up by a government or corporation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrastructure.
Islands of Development
I have a tattoo of a:
squirrel on a boat, turtle on a skateboard, cat in a car
turtle on a skateboard