Population and Migration Vocabulary Spatial diffusion Spatial analysis Demography Population density Population distribution Birth rate Death rate Dense Migration Overpopulation Push Factor Pull Factor Refugee Immigrant Satellite Image Urbanization Rural Cohesiveness Population Pyramid Center of Population

The spread of people and ideas from one place to another Spatial diffusion The spread of people and ideas from one place to another

Spatial analysis how geographers study the space used on Earth

Demography the statistical study of human population

Population density the number of people living in an area per square mile

Population distribution where people live in the world; they are unevenly distributed throughout the world

Birth rate the number of live births per 1000 people in a region

Death rate the number of deaths per 1000 people in a region

Dense crowded with people, thick

the process of moving from one place to live in another Migration the process of moving from one place to live in another

Overpopulation existing number of people is too large to be supported by the available resources

Push Factor negative factors which cause people to leave a place

Pull Factor positive factors which attract people to a place

Refugee people who have been forced to leave a country and cannot return

Immigrant when people enter a country to live from another country

Satellite Image a geographer’s tool to analyze objects or places from space which is useful for showing changes over time

Urbanization metropolitan or city

Rural country side

the force of bringing group members closer together Cohesiveness the force of bringing group members closer together

Population Pyramid a bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and gender

Center of Population A geographical point that describes a center point of the region's population.

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