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Chapter 7-Population
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Question | Answer |
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Infant Motality Rate | High in Afgan, low in US: doctors, home birth:number of infants per 1000 live births that die before reaching one year of age. |
Life Expectancy | Classified by gender how long someone in a country expects to live on average. [ highest Chine, Lowest Swaziland] |
Per Capita GDP | The average/ basic measure of what a person makes in a country annunally. [US approx. $35,000] |
Birth Rate | Commonly used to calculate population growth. [ Highest Niger, lowest China] |
Death Rate | The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year |
1st, 2nd,3rd World Countries | EX: US is a ___ world country. India is made up of all three. Many countries in Africa are _______ countries. |
Population Density | A lot of people in oneplace. most people in the world live along the costal areas of low lands. : US density populated on East coast: megapolis- Ex: Bost, Baltimore |
3 main Areas of Population Densities | 1.) East Asia, 2.) Indians subcontinant, 3.) Europe |
Doubling Time | The period of time required for a quantity to double in size or value. It is applied to population growth, inflation |
Rate of natural Increase | Birth rate minus death rate. |
World Population | 6.8 Billion People |
International Aid Organizations | Organizations:InterAction,AmeriCares, CARE |
Misery Index | The movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
Gap between Rich and Poor | Growing bigger between ____ and poor ___. |
Carrying Pacity | The number of people max that can be held in a space. |
Zero population Growth | Static population size. |
Baby Boom | The larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II, 1987. |
Ways countries try to limit births | Paid incentive, Birth control [China, India], Laws: Mao Zedong- encourages population growth |
Migration | A change in residence that is intended to be permenant. |
Push/ Pull Factors | Factors: freedom, economy |
Rusbelt/ Sunbelt | Rusbelt- Northern half of US Countires, wough winters: Sunbelt- Souther US states, warmer. |
Political Reasons for Migration | Persecution, expulsion, or war. |
Economic Reason for Migration | Poverty and desire for opportunity. |
Enviornmental Migration Reasons | Crop failures, floods, drought, enviornmentally induced famine. |
Cultural Migration | Threatened by change: Isreal. |
Dessertification | A process whereby human actions unintentionally turn productive lands into deserts through agricultural and pastoral misuse, destroying vegetation and soil to the point where they cannot regenerate. |
Internal Migrations | Constant moving in the US. |
Aids/ Malaria/ third World Dieases | Aids/ Malaria/ third World Dieases |
Chain Migration | Migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or memebers of the same nationality alread there. |
Sex Ratios | Ratio between men and women: More men in China than women. |
Refugees | Forced to migrate.People who flee to escape conflict, persecution or natural disaster. |
5 Most populated Countries | China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil |
Raven Shine | / |
Neomathusias | People who believed in Mathius. Believed prediction of how many people there would be. |
Jonjaweed | Armed gunmen in Darfur. |
All wars are over ____ and ____. | resources and power. Ex: Sudan, Darfur |
Fertility Rate | indicates the average number of children born to women ovre thier lifetimes. |
Population Pyramid | A graphical representation of the age and sex distribution of a population |
Demographic Transition Stages | Two of the demographic transition is a change in the age structure of the population. |
Thomas Malthus | Predicted how many people there would be today over 200 years ago.Came up with theory that world population would outstrip food supply. |
Geometrical/ Exponential Icrease | Drastic increase: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 64 |
Arithmetical/ Linear growth | ____ Growth Ex:2, 4, 6, 8 |
Resource Wars | Malthusianism, Malthus' theory- *J Curve[exp. growth], food-linear *S Curve [arth. growth]. Mir. crops- Green Rev.- oil |
Green Revolution | Being able to grow more food in an area trying to meet up with demands of growing population. |