MAISA Unit 3 - Population & Migration

An example of how rapid population growth can effect the environment may include

An area located in cities and towns

The average number of people per square mile or per square kilometer.

To find population density, you must divide the number of people living there by the number of

How do demographers use the push/pull theory?

The number of live births each year per 1,000 people.

The movement of people to cities

The number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

Which of the following is an economic reason for why people migrate?

The movement of people from one place or region to another

The desire for home ownership "pulls"people to

The way the population is spread out over an area.

The science that studies population distribution and change is.

The total number of people in an area.

Beacuse of rapid population growth, Sao Palo, Brazil, cannot provide its citizens with enough

The primary reason for migration bet ween India and Packistan in 1947 was

Demographers are able to figure out population growth by comparing____.

People who move into one country from another

An area located in the countryside

How have advances in medicine affected the population?