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Ch. 2 & 3 Rubenstein
Question | Answer |
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countries displayed by population rather than size | population cartogram |
2/3 of Earth's population live in these 4 areas | East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Europe |
area on Earth with permanent human settlement | ecumene |
4 types of places still too harsh to live | high lands, dry lands, wet lands, cold lands |
scientific study of population characteristics | demography |
distribution of population based on: | age, gender, occupation, fertility, health, etc. |
Crude Birth Rate (CBR): | # of births per 1000 people |
Crude Death Rate (CDR): | # of deaths per 1000 people |
Natural Increase Rate (NIR): | % at which a population is growing per year |
Doubling Time: | # of years it takes to double a population |
Total Fertility Rate (TFR): | # of children a woman can expect to have during her child-bearing years (15-49) |
CBRs tell fertility's picture _______; TFR tells it for the _________. | now; future |
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR): | # of babies who die before turning 1 per 1000 people |
Life Expectancy: | # of years a newborn can expect to live |
Population pyramids graph population by _______ and _______; based on CBR. | age; sex |
Dependecny ratio: | # of people too young or old to work |
________% dependency ratio; ________ burden on working class | greater; greater |
Demographic Transition occurs when a society's population _______ | changes |
_________ and _________ conditions affect Demographic Transition | cultural; economic |
_______ stages of the DTM | 5 |
CBR and CDR high; NIR low/even; hunter-gatherers | Stage 1 |
Main cause of stage 1 | Agricultural Revoultion |
CDR beginning to fall; CBR still high; rise in population | Stage 2 |
_______ Revolution; moved Europe and North America into Stage 2 in 19th century | Industrial |
________ Revolution, moved Africa, Latin America, and Asia into Stage 2 in late 20th century | Medical |
CDR still falling; CBR begins to fall; population growth slows | Stage 3 |
Stage 3 was caused by _______ change; including better medical practices and urbanization. | social |