Population GeopardyMigrate? Where

and Why?Health and Population

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Acronyms Migration Mania

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• The measurement of the number of people per square unit of land.

• Population density

• Term given to a huge agglomeration of many urban areas.

• Megalopolis

• Dot maps are excellent for showing population density, but this kind of map can illustrate population quantity by modifying the size of the space on the map.

• cartogram

• A very mountainous nation will have a _______ population density that is much higher than its _______________ population density.

• Physiological, arithmetic

• Term used for a space that has permanents human settlement.

• Ecumene

• Number of people that die with in the first year of life.

• Infant mortality rate

• A mosquito biting a host, then biting another person, transmitting infected blood is an example of this kind of disease.

• Vectored

• Women in general have a higher __________ somewhat in part do to lifestyle choices and somewhat in part to genetics.

• Life Expectancy

• This disease is the leading cause of death in Sub Saharan Africa.

• AIDs

• These types of disease transmit disorders from one generation to another.

• Genetic

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• Colombia, Belgium, India, or Mozambique

• Chandler, Phoenix, • Sun City, Scottsdale

• Gabon, Thailand, Switzerland, Norway

• Japan, Algeria, Turkey, United States

• Ethiopia, Qatar, Russia, Mexico

• When this is 2.1, a population is considered to be reproducing at replacement rate.

• TFR

• Number of live births per year for every 1000 people.

• CBR

• This international body was created after WWII to help refugees from the conflict return home. Today it is influential in Africa and Asia.

• UNHCR

• The 1993 economic treaty that shifted trade and immigration patterns in Canada, the US, and Mexico.

• NAFTA

• These circumstances, perceived or real can attract migrants to certain locals, they might include good legal treatment or environmental incentives.

• Pull factors

• A time when the world’s population will stabilize. The US is predicted to reach it in 2035, China in 2090.

• SPL

• According to Ravenstein, a majority of migrants move a __________ distance.

• Short

• This stateless group of people fled Iraq During the Gulf War and live as refugees in Iran, Turkey, and Syria.

• Kurds

• The Soviet policy of assimilating the multiple cultures and languages of the empire by moving native Russians.

• Russification

• According to this theory, the further a migrant moves, the less interaction they have with their homeland.

• Distance Decay