Matthew Baxter

World Sudies Hybrid

Mr. Bienkowski
Hour 1
Unit 2 Vocab Examples 10 Points

Age distribution the age composition of the United States is 40% of people age
15 and under, and 30% of people age 65 and older.
Carrying capacity the United States are considered overpopulated because the
population is above the carrying capacity.
Challenges of highly-concentrated populations in certain areas of the
world the high population concentration in East Asia leads to many severe
population problems.
Child Mortality Rate the Child Mortality Rate of the United States is 7 deaths per
1000 live births.
Cohort people between the ages of 15 and 19 are in the same cohort on
population pyramids
Crude Birth Rate the Crude Birth Rate of the United States is 14 live births per
1000 people.
Crude Death Rate the Crude Death Rate of the United States is 8 deaths per
1000 people.
Demographic equation net population change is equal to the births minus
deaths plus net migration to the area.
Demographic momentum India has relatively high demographic momentum
due to its stage in population growth.

Demographic Transition model

Dependency ratio the dependency ratio of the United States is 48% of the
working population.
Doubling time the population of India is expected to double in 44 years.

Ecumene many parts of Africa are uninhabited completely.

Expansive vs. Restrictive Population policies Chinas One Child Policy is
considered a restrictive population policy.
Infant mortality rate the infant mortality rates of most African countries are
relatively high.
J-curve J-Curves are often used in currency calculations and population
predictions.
Location and Characteristics of major population clusters one of the
worlds largest population clusters is in East Asia
Location and characteristics of emerging population clusters One of the
worlds emerging population clusters is in the northeastern United States.
Locations of high and low Total Fertility Rate (TFR), Crude Birth Rate
(CBR), Crude Death Rate (CDR), and Natural Increase Rate (NIR) The
Democratic Republic of Congo has a very high Total Fertility Rate.
Malthus, Thomas Thomas Malthus predicted that populations will only grow until
the resources are no longer sufficient to support them.
Natality Anti-natalist policies vs. Pro-natalist policies The Soviet Union
had a Pro-Natalist population during the Cold War to increase the number of good
communists.
Neo-Malthusian todays Neo-Malthusians generally advocate for population
control programs.
Overpopulation the United States is considered overpopulated because the
population consumes more resources than what is currently present in the country.
Population Density the arithmetic population density of the United States is 34
people per square mile.

Population distributions
Population projection some predict that the United States population will grow
to about 400 million by 2050.

Population pyramid
Rate of natural increase the United States Rate of Natural Increase is 5.45 net
people per 1000 inhabitants.
S-curve S-curves are also known as sigmoid functions, and depict logarithmic
growth.
Sex ratio the sex ratio of Qatar is 3.29 males per females.
Zero population growth Japan is one country with a growth rate of zero.
Activity space the activity space of the average US citizen is higher than that of
the average Kenyan citizen.
Asylum India declines asylum to foreign immigrants.
Chain Migration many consider chain migration from Mexico to be a major
problem for the U.S.
Colonization the United States were colonized by pilgrims who emigrated from
England.

Distance decay
Forced migration the U.S. government forced the migration of Native Americans
to Indian Reservations during the Trail of Tears.
Gravity model the shorter the distance between two areas, and the greater the
magnitude of either or both of the two areas, determines the interactive pull
between the two areas.
Internal migration most of the internal migration in China consists of rural
farmers moving into urban areas.
Internally displaced person (IDP) Native Americans were internally displaced
during the Trail of Tears.

Intervening opportunity a family on the east coast decided to move west but
along their journey they found work in central U.S.
Migration patterns the intercontinental migration pattern refers to migration of
citizens from one continent to another.
Push-pull factors the abundance of jobs in the US is a pull factor for migrants
from Mexico.
Ravensteins 5 Laws of Migration one of the 5 laws of migration states that
the majority of migrants move short distances.
Refugee people who emigrate from Syria due to the civil war are considered
refugees.
Remittances US immigrants from Mexico often send money back to their families
in Mexico to help support them.
Step migration US migrants from South America often stop in Mexico as a
migration step.
Voluntary migration rich German families moving to Luxembourg because of the
lavish environment.
Brain Drain Albert Einstein moving from Germany to the United States in search
of better intellectual opportunities.
Guest Worker a US construction manager hires illegal immigrants from Mexico,
and then forces them to go back to Mexico once their contract has expired.