chapter 10 Demography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Demography | the branch of geography that studies the characteristics of human populations |
| Densely populated | A phrase used to describe an area where LOTS of people live (HIGH population density) |
| Human Factors | Study of interrelationships between humans, the tools they use, & the environment in which they live & work. |
| Human Migration | Movement of humans from one place to another. |
| Industrial Revolution | the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation |
| Industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
| Metropolitan Region | Urban area consisting of a core city and its surrounding suburbs |
| Natural Disasters | any event or force of nature that has catastrophic consequences |
| Nomads | people who wander from place to place |
| Population Density | a measurement of the number of people per given unit of land |
| Population Pyramid | A model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population. |
| Settlement Patterns | The way people distribute themselves in their environment, including where they locate their dwellings, how they group dwellings into settlements,and how permenant or transitory those settlements are |
| Shanty Towns | Unplanned slum development on the margins of cities, dominated by crude dwellings and shelters made mostly of scrap wood, iron, and even pieces of cardboard. |
| Sparsely populated | few people in an area |
| Squatter settlements | residential developments characterized by extreme poverty that usually exist on land just outside of cities that is neither owned nor rented by its occupants |
| Suburbs | residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city |
| Urbanization | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban |
| Physical Factors | Factors related to natural environment - topography, climate, vegetation, land forms, water bodies, natural resources, and location on earth |
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