Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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Demography

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Study of population

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2
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Mortality rate

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Death rate

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3
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Fertility rate

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Number of births per 1,000 women

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4
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Birth rate

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Number of births per every person

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5
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Migration

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Movement from one geographic location to another

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6
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Internal migration

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Migration within a country

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7
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Immigration

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Migration between countries

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8
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Infant mortality rate

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Number of babies who die during or shortly after childbirth

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9
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Demographic transition

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Movement to low birth and death rates

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10
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Must average how many children to maintain the population? (Zero population growth)

A

2.1

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11
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Urbanization

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Increasing movement of people from towns and farms to cities

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12
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Suburbs

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Communities that develop outside cities and provided housing rather than employment or services

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13
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S-F on urban life

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Healthy competition between economic rivals would lead cities to grow in whatever ways offered the most efficient means for producing and distributing goods and services

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14
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Conflict on urban life

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Nothing is natural about urban growth or decline, there are no set patterns, each city grows or declines in its own unique ways

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15
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Suburbanization

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Growth of suburbs

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16
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Edge city

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Suburb that is largely separate from its birth city

17
Q

Metropolitan statistical area

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City 50,000+ plus neighboring counties that are significantly linked

18
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Nonmetropolitan area

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No major cities or close ties to any