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Chapter 1 Sections 2 & 3 Key Terms Review…

Chapter 1 Sections 2 & 3 Key Terms Review…. Cultural Landscape. The visible, material expression of human settlement, past and present. It may be tangible or intangible. The global cultural landscape is very heterogeneous. Antonym – physical landscape P. 13. Scale Analysis.

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Chapter 1 Sections 2 & 3 Key Terms Review…

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  1. Chapter 1 Sections 2 & 3 Key Terms Review…

  2. Cultural Landscape • The visible, material expression of human settlement, past and present. It may be tangible or intangible. The global cultural landscape is very heterogeneous. • Antonym – physical landscape • P. 13

  3. Scale Analysis • Scale refers to your point of view or the scope of your observations as you are analyzing something…it may be broad or very specific (“global to local”). • Synonym: perspective • P. 14 - 15

  4. Rate of Natural Increase • “RNI” • Depicts the annual growth rate for a country or region as a percentage increase. Calculated by subtracting the # of deaths from the # of births in a given year. • SYNONYM: Population growth • Text p. 18

  5. TOTAL FERTILITY RATE… • Abbreviated “TFR” • Measures the fertility of a population by calculating the average # of children a woman will have in her child bearing years. • SYNONYM: reproduction rate • Text – p.19

  6. POPULATION DENSITY… • This is a measure of how crowded a place is (city; nation; state, etc). It measures the average # of people per square mile. • SYNONYM: crowdedness • TEXT PAGE: Not specifically defined in text, however, we will study various types of pop. Density throughout the year in various chapters…this one you probably had to look up!

  7. DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION • Definition – CHECKING changes in birth and death rates over time and factoring in the rate of urbanization as well. • SENTENCE USE: A government can use a dem. Trans. Model to predict/plan/monitor its rate of urbanization. • P. 20

  8. MIGRATION • The MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE WITHIN, INTO OR OUT OF A REGION. • Synonym – immigration • P. 20

  9. REFUGEES DEFINITION: people who migrate to escape civil or ethnic or religious persecution. SYNONYM: displaced people Text p. 21 UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

  10. URBANIZED POPULATION • The percentage of the total population that lives in cities. • Antonym – rural population • Text - P. 23 • Related term: Urban primacy

  11. OVERURBANIZATION… • Occurs when the urban population grows more quickly than the support services available to them (housing, transportation, waste disposal, & water supply). • Sentence use: The slum of Dharavi is a good example of overurbanization in India b/c the gov. is unable to provide adequate services for its inhabitants. • P. 23

  12. SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS • Illegal developments of makeshift housing on land that is not owned or rented by the inhabitants. • Synonym – slums • P. 24 • Slum Dwellers Info

  13. “Youthfulness of a population…” Consider this quote: “It seems possible that a society in which the proportion of young people is diminishing will become dangerously unprogressive, falling behind other communities not only in technical efficiency & economic welfare, but in intellectual & artistic achievement as well.”

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