Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Population-LeBlanc

        Help!  

Word
Definition
agricultural density   the ration of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture  
🗑
agricultural revolution   time when human beings frist domesicated plants and animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering  
🗑
arithmetic density   the total number of people divided by the total land area  
🗑
census   a complete enumeration of a population  
🗑
crude birth rate   the total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society  
🗑
crude death rate   the total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society  
🗑
demographic transition   a process of change in a society's population  
🗑
demography   the scientific study of population characteristics  
🗑
dependancy ratio   the number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force  
🗑
doubling time   the number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase  
🗑
ecumene   the portion of earth's surface occupied by permenant human settlement  
🗑
industrial revolution   a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods  
🗑
infant moratility rate   the total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1000 live births in a society  
🗑
life expectancy   the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live at current mortality levels  
🗑
medical revolution   medical technology invented in Europe and North America difused to the less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America  
🗑
natural increase rate   the percentage by which a population grows in a year  
🗑
overpopulation   the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living  
🗑
physiological density   the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land  
🗑
population pyramid   a country's population displayed by age and gender groups on a bar graph  
🗑
sex ratio   the number of males per 100 females in the population  
🗑
total fertility rate   the average number of children a woman will have throughout her child bearing years  
🗑
zero population growth   when a country's crude birth rate declines until it equals the crude death rate and the natural increase rate approches 0  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: 017210
Popular AP Human Geography sets