Unit 4 Visual VocabularyGilbert
Population
•The total number of people who live in a specific place
Population Density•Shows the average of how many people
are living per sq mile or kilometer
Migration
•The process of relocating to a new region or place
Pull Factors•Things the attract people to migrate to a
new region (Money, jobs, resources, etc)
Push Factors•This that cause people to leave and
migrate to a new region (War, bad economy, harsh government, etc)
Refugee•A person who flees their country for
safety
Immigrant
•A person who leaves one country and settles in another
Government•An organization set up to make and
enforce rules for a society.
Demographers•Geographers who study the
characteristics of human population.
Rural•Areas that relate to the country or farms.
Economy•A system for producing and exchanging
goods and services among a group of people.
Habitable Lands•Areas of land that are suitable for human
living
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Democracy
•A government in which the citizens make political decisions either directly or through elected representatives
Monarchy
•A type of government in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power
Dictatorship
•A state of government ruled by a leader with ABSOULTE POWER!!!