AP Human Geography Quizlet
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Requirements: All terms must be defined.
Terms with an asterisk (*) must be answered in Four Square format.
All other terms may be defined on a separate sheet of paper, on an electronic file, or on note cards
Reminder: There are numerous hyperlinks through each unit page to help provide content for your four square
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Collaborative Terms Due
1. Definition of demography and importance of studying it
2. Arithmetic density 3. Agricultural density 4. Physiological density 5. Ecumene 6. Location and characteristics of major population clusters 7. Location and characteristics of emerging population clusters 8. Sparsely populated areas (location and characteristics) 9. Distribution of population within clusters (variations – China) 10. Overpopulation/carrying capacity 11. Challenges of high populations in certain areas of the world 12. Population pyramids (cohorts, sex ratio) 13. Analysis of various population pyramid shapes 14. Dependency ratio 15. Population pyramids at different scales (unusual shapes) 16. Relationship between population distribution and distribution of natural hazards 17. The difference between a natural hazard and natural disaster 18. Role of population increase on health of an ecosystem etc. 19. The “J” curve 20. The demographic equation 21. Where in the world experiences high and low Crude Birth Rate (CBR), Crude Death Rate (CDR), and Natural Increase Rate (NIR) 22. Doubling time 23. Reasons for rapid population growth due to industrialization and the diffusion of modern medical practices 24. Malthus 25. Demographic transition – questions dealing with all stages 26. Life expectancy 27. Epidemiological transition |
28. Census
29. Validity of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) 30 Whose experience was the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) based on and why? 31. Anti-natalist policies (strategies to bring down the Crude Birth Rate (CBR)) 32. Pro-natalist policies (strategies to increase the Crude Birth Rate (CBR)) 33. Zero Population Growth (ZPG) – replacement level 34. Role of economic development 35. Migration 36. Immigration vs. emigration 37. Cultural push & pulls 38. Economic push & pulls 39. Environmental push & pulls 40. Recent trends in migration 41. Distance decay 42 Gravity model 43. Waves of immigration to the United States etc. 44. European immigration since 1970 45. Chain migration 46. Step migration 47. Intervening obstacles and opportunities 48. Zelinsky’s migration transition 49. Slave trade (involuntary migration) 50. Refugees 51. Partition of India 52. The Soviet experience (internal migration) 53. Environmental degradation 54. Interregional migration in Europe and the U.S. 55. Place perception 56. Transhumance 57. Guest workers 58. Intraregional migration (rural to urban & urban to rural) 59. Conurbanization 60. Life course 61. Human capital as it relates to migration 62. Socioeconomic consequences of migration |
Total Terms
Population:
Population density Demographic regions Population distribution *Natality – birth rate *Mortality – death rate Population explosion Zero Population Growth/Stationary population level Age distribution *Population pyramid/ Age-sex pyramid *Cohort Sex ratio Gendered space Standard of living *Infant mortality rate Diffusion of fertility control Disease diffusion Maladaptation Sustainability |
Demographic equation (change)
Dependency ratio *Rate of natural increase Doubling time *J-curve *S-curve Ecumene *Overpopulation *Underpopulation Carrying capacity Population projection *Demographic momentum Migration: *Push-pull factors Voluntary Forced Transmigration *Refugee Place utility *Activity space Personal space |
Space-time prism Distance decay *Step migration *Chain migration Intervening opportunity Cyclic movement Migratory movement Periodic movement Transhumance Interregional migration Models & Geographers: *Thomas Malthus’ Model *Demographic Transition Model Distance Decay Model Epidemiological Transition Model *Gravity Model *Neo-Malthusian Ravenstein's Laws of Migration |