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Unit 4: Human Geography

Unit 4: Human Geography. By Griffin Cook and Max Meredith. Vocabulary. Population: the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. Population density: people per square kilometer of land area. Habitable lands: land that you can live on

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Unit 4: Human Geography

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  1. Unit 4:Human Geography By Griffin Cook and Max Meredith

  2. Vocabulary • Population: the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. • Population density: people per square kilometer of land area. • Habitable lands: land that you can live on • Demographers: the people who study the characteristics of human populations, such as size growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics • Urban: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city • Rural: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture • Migration: to move from one county, place, or locality to another • Immigrant: someone who comes into another country from another country.

  3. What is population? • Big cities • Lots of people • Higher crime rate • Concrete jungle • Small towns • Not many people • Lower crime rate • Farm land Population density: people per square kilometer of land area. A bigger environment means more room. A better government more people there or bad no one will be there. Bad economy no one will be there or good economy everyone will be there. Urban Rural

  4. Migration • High gas prices • Not many jobs • Horrible economy • Corrupt government ( The opposite of Pull) • Low gas prices • Lots of jobs • Great economy • Non-corrupt government ( The opposite of Push) Migration: to move from one county, place, or locality to another. Environment a bigger better environment more people will want to be there. Political if the country bans leaving it will slow down migration. A bad economy will mean it is harder to migrate. Push Pull

  5. Challenges of rapid growth • Some places are very crowded because of too many pull factors. Examples- US, Mexico • Cons to rapid growth are loss of land, loss of plant life, lack of food, too much money spent • Eventual panic

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