Human Geography

Why did many people leave Vietnam for the United States?

The average number of live births each year

The average number of people living in a given area: people per square mile.

An area with low population density, such as a village or the countryside.

The movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home.

Why do many people leave the rural area and go to the urban areas?

How a population is spread over an area is called population distribution.

What are the challenges of population growth?

Why is population distribution uneven?

What does a country have if it has a high population density?

The number of years that a person is expected, on average, to live:

An area with a high population density, such as a city

The average number of deaths each year:

Population growth is world wide.

A scientist who studies human populations, size; growth; density; distribution etc.

The growth of city populations caused by the movement of people moving to cities.

What do demographers use to explain the reasons for immigration?

Changes in agriculture that have greatly increased the world’s food supply is Green Revolution.

Because of the increase in food supply and medical care, what has the world's population done?

What types of areas do people want to live in?

The "push-pull" theory explains why people immigrate.

The people living in a particular region; especially, the total number of people in an area:

What do demographers figure out when they compare birth rates and death rates?

Why does more than 81% of the Earth's population live in Asia, Europe, and North America?

What is the biggest problem faced by the world's population today?