Population Dynamics Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary

• Infant Mortality Rate: The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.
• Demographic Transition Model: A model that describes the stages of population change over time, typically associated with economic development.
• Malthusian Theory: Theory that population growth will outpace resource production, eventually leading to famine and misery.
• Neo-Malthusian Theory: A theory that builds on Malthusian theory, emphasizing the environmental limitations of resources.
• Population Distribution: The spatial arrangement of people in a particular area.
• Immigration: The movement of people into a new country.
• Population Pyramid: A graphical representation of the age and sex distribution of a population.
• Belsop Theory: Unknown, insufficient info provided.
• Forced Migration: The migration of people due to external factors, potentially including threats and violence.
• Voluntary Migration: The migration of people based on their own choice.
• Asylum: Protection or refuge granted to someone fleeing persecution.
• Refugee: A person who has been forced to leave their home country due to war or persecution.
• Sustainability: The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
• Standard of Living: A measure of well-being, including material comfort, access to services, and health.
• Rate of Natural Increase: The difference between birth rate and death rate in a population.
• Distance Decay: The effects of distance on interaction, communication, or cultural exchange often decreasing with greater distance.
• Gravity Model: A model that predicts the interaction between two places based on their population size and distance.
• Push-Pull Factors: Factors that induce people to leave a location, and factors that attract people to a location.
• Place Utility: The usefulness or desirability of a place for a specific purpose.
• Intervening Obstacle: Any barrier that hinders migration.
• Intervening Opportunity: An opportunity encountered along the way that might lead a person to stop migrating.
• Hearth: The source area where an idea, innovation, or cultural trait originates and diffuses from.
• Diffusion: The spread of an idea, innovation, or other trait across space.
• Environmental Determinism: The belief that the environment shapes and limits human actions.
• Absolute Location: A precise point on the Earth's surface using coordinates (latitude and longitude).
• Relative Location: A place's location in relation to other places.
• Space: A concept expressing the area, distance, and relationships between different places.
• Formal Region: An area that shares one or more common characteristics, like political boundaries or climate.
• Pattern: A repeated arrangement of phenomena across space or place.
• Possibilism: A geographical viewpoint that believes human options are shaped not strictly determined by the physical environment.
• Toponym: Place name.
• Culture: The shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that characterize a group or society.
• Religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism): Major religions with diverse global followings.
• Boundary Process: The way political boundaries are made and changed.
• Buffer State: A country situated between two larger, potentially conflicting countries to reduce tension.
• Colonialism: System where one country controls another or its resources.
• Neocolonialism: Modern forms of economic and political power exerted by industrialized nations.
• Centrifugal: Forces tending to divide or weaken a society.
• City-State: An independent city and its surrounding territory.
• Federal: A government system with a central authority and some power granted to constituent entities.
• Gerrymander: Manipulating voting district boundaries to favor one political party.
• Immigrant State: A country that receives immigrants

Geography Concepts

• Conference of Berlin: Discussion regarding European colonialism and African exploration.
• Gerrymander: Redistribution of voting districts

Test your knowledge of key terms related to population dynamics, including concepts like infant mortality rate, demographic transition, and migration theories. This quiz will challenge your understanding of the factors influencing population change and distribution over time.