Human Geography Vocabulary

Population

• The total number of people that live in a place

• A person who flees their country for safety

• The average number of people living in a square mile

• The process of moving to a new place

Population Density

• The total number of people who live in a place

• The process of moving to a new region or place

• The average number of people living in a square mile

• A person who leaves one country and settles in another

rural

• Type of commnuity that looks like city

• Type of community that looks like farmland

• Type of community that looks like a neighborhood of single person houses

urban

• Type of commnuity that looks like city

• Type of community that looks like farmland

• Type of community that looks like a neighborhood of single person houses

suburban

• Type of commnuity that looks like city

• Type of community that looks like farmland

• Type of community that looks like a neighborhood of single person houses

migration

• Things that attract people to move to a new place

• A person who leaves one country and settles in another

• A person who flees their country for safety

• The process of relocating to a new place

pull factors

• Things like jobs and resources that attract people to move to a place

• Things like war and bad government that force people to leave a place

push factors

• Things like jobs and resources that attract people to move to a place

• Things like war and bad government that force people to leave a place

refugee

• The process of moving from one place to another

• A person who flees their country for safety

• A person who leaves one country and settles in another

• The total number of people who live in a place

immigrant

• The process of relocating to a new region or place

• Things that attract people to migrate to a new place

• A person who leaves one country and settles in another

• A person who flees their country for safety