CHAPTER 10 VOCABULARY

DEMOGRAPHY

• The study of statistics such as birth, death, income or the incidence of disease

DOT POPULATION MAP

• The distribution of population
• Putting dots on a map that represent a certain number

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• The transition of an agricultural nation
• Becoming of a industrial and manufacturing nation

URBANIZATION

• Migration of increasing proportion of rural dwellers

SUBURBS

• Outlying district of a city esp. a residential one

NOMADIC PEOPLE

• Member of a community of people
• Move from one place to another
• With livestock or subsisting on hunting and gathering

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

• Distribution of human settlements on the landscape

METROPOLITAN AREA

• Region consisting of a densely populated urban core
• Less populated surrounding areas

POPULATION DENSITY

• Measurement of population per unit area
• Applies to living organisms, particularly humans

POPULATION PYRAMID

• Graphical illustration
• Distribution of various age groups in a population
• Forms a pyramid shape when population is growing