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AP Human Geo #1
Crude Death Rate, Demographic Transition, Demography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is demographic transition?. | change in society's population from low to high or high to low |
| Give an example for demographic transition. | families moving into an area causing population to rise or families moving out of an area causing population to lower |
| Define crude death rate(CDR). | total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society |
| Give an example for crude death rate. | the crude death rate in the U.S. was much lower in 2012 than it was in 1980 because of more advanced medicine and health knowledge |
| Define demography. | scientific study of population characteristics |
| Why is demography important around the world today?. | demography is important because it helps people know whether they are overpopulating the world |
| Give an example of demography. | Demography helps people to decide where they want to live because it shows the population of places |
| Define dependency ratio. | number of people under age 15 and over age 64(do not work) compared to the number of people in between those ages that do work |
| What does it mean to have a high dependency ratio?. | having a high dependency ratio means less people working and paying taxes and more people for the government to take care of |
| Define doubling time. | number of years needed to double a population |
| Why is doubling time important?. | scientists use doubling time to judje when the population will grow too big for the land to sustain |
| Define epidemiologic transition. | distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition |
| Give an example of epidemiologic transition. | the plague had distinct epidemiologic transition |
| Define epidemiology. | branch of medical science concerned with spread and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people |
| Give an example of epidemiology. | We study epidemiology to track diseases |
| Why is epidemiology important?. | it is important so that we can control contagious diseases and make sure none spread |
| Define agricultural density. | number of farmers divided by the total amount of land suitable for agriculture |
| Define agricultural revolution. | time when humans first domesticated plants and animals and did not have to rely on hunting and gathering |
| Give an example of agricultural revolution. | the industrial revolution was an agricultural revolution because machines were made to make farming easier |
| Define arithmetic density. | total number of people divided by the total land area |
| Define census. | complete count of a population |
| Why are census' important in the world?. | so that the government knows how many people are living in the country and how many people are working |
| Define crude birth rate. | total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society |
| Give an example of crude birth rate. | the crude birth rate in the U.S. was higher in 2012 than it was in 1980 because of increased technology and health care system |
| What is the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society?. | crude birth rate |
| What is occurring when there is a increase or decrease of the population in an area?. | demographic transition |
| What word means the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society?. | crude death rate |
| What is the scientific study of population characteristics?. | demography |
| If there is a high ___________ then there are few people working and paying taxes and more people to take care of. | dependency ratio |
| What word means the number of years needed to double a population?. | doubling time |
| What word means distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition? | epidemiologic transition |
| What is the branch of medical science concerned with the spread and control of diseases that affect a large population? | epidemiology |
| Farmers divided by the amount of land suitable for agriculture. | agricultural density |
| The industrial revolution is an example of what because people made machines that made farming easier. | agricultural revolution |
| Total people divided by total amount of arable land. | arithmetic density |
| Complete count of population | census |
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