AP Human Geography Unit 2 Vocab Test

The permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals between countries.

A measurement of how long a country will take to double its population based on its Natural Increase Rate.

Someone who migrates to another country in hopes of being recognized as a refugee.

Barriers that make it difficult for migrants to reach their desired destination.

Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where someone live that make them want to leave.

A model of the predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop.

The pattern of where people live.

The average number of children born per woman (aged 15-49).

A model that explains the five stages of population change that countries pass through as they modernize, from high stationary to declining.

The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support.

A slowdown of births to a rate below the replacement level, which sometimes occurs during times of conflict, economic downturn, or due to cultural shifts.

A person forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, violence, violation of human rights, or other disasters, and cannot return to their home country.

The permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals within a country.

A measure of the number of babies who die before their first birthday for every 1000 births.

Laws that explain the relationship between the distance and volume of migration between a source and destination.

A type of migration where people do not choose to relocate, but so do under threat of violence (war, persecution, slavery, etc.).

A survey that counts the population of a state, nation, or other geographic region.

The end of a baby boom, lasting until boomers reach childbearing age.

Migration done by choice, often to obtain a better quality of life.

A set of antinatalist policies in place in China from 1999 to 2015 that incentivized families to have only one child, using social and economic benefits.

The percentage of people within a population who are too young or too old to work and must rely on working adults for support.

A factor that causes a migrant to choose a different destination than the one they had intended when starting their journey.

An age-sex composition graph that can provide information on birth rates, death rates, life expectancy, economic development, migration, and past events like natural disasters, war, etc.

The average number of years a person can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.

The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people.

The number of live births per year for every 1000 people.

Migration in which individuals follow the migratory path of preceding friends or family members to an existing community.

Someone forced to migrate for similar reasons as a refugee but who does not move across an international border.

Seasonal migration that pastoral herders make with their animals.

A person with temporary permission to immigrate and work in another country.

Policies aimed to decrease the fertility rate of a given place.

Positive conditions and circumstances that draw people to choose a migration destination.

The number of people who live in a defined area.

The large-scale emigration of highly educated or skilled workers from a place, usually to seek better living and professional opportunities abroad.

Policies aimed to increase the fertility rate of a given area.

Money that migrants send back to their family and friends in their home countries.

People who have adopted Malthus’ ideas to fit modern conditions and believe that overpopulation is a serious problem and threat to the future.

A process in which people reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves.

A spike in birth rates, typically occurring after a period of conflict.

The difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate; a statistic that estimates the population growth of a country, not including population lost or gained due to migration.

The permanent or semipermanent relocation of people from one place to another.

A limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country from a particular place during a particular period of time.

A spike in birth rates once baby boomers have reached childbearing age.

The theory that society is on the path to mass starvation, as population increases faster than food production capabilities.