Population Terms
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| demography | the study of the changing of human population
🗑
|
||||
| overpopulation | too many people or animals living in one area
🗑
|
||||
| arithmetic density | population density measured by the number of people per unit area of land
🗑
|
||||
| physiological density | the number of people per unit of area of land suitable for agriculture
🗑
|
||||
| agricultural density | the number of farmers to the total amount of agricultural land
🗑
|
||||
| crude birth rate | the total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people in a society
🗑
|
||||
| crude death rate | the total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people in a society
🗑
|
||||
| natural increase rate | the percentage growth of a population in a year; calculated as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
🗑
|
||||
| doubling time | the number of years needed to double a population
🗑
|
||||
| total fertility rate | the average number of children a woman will have throughout her fertile lifespan (puberty - 45 years old)
🗑
|
||||
| infant mortality 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 an individual is expected to live
🗑
|
||||
| demographic transition model (DTM) | the process of change in a society's population
🗑
|
||||
| agricultural revolution | the time when human beings first started domesticating plants and animals
🗑
|
||||
| industrial revolution | when advancements are being made in technology
🗑
|
||||
| medical revolution | the abrupt advance of medical knowledge
🗑
|
||||
| zero population growth | a decline in the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero
🗑
|
||||
| population pyramid | a bar graph representing distribution of population by age and sex
🗑
|
||||
| primary economic activity | activities where natural resources are extracted from the Earth
🗑
|
||||
| infrastructure | the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area
🗑
|
||||
| subsistence farming | farming that is used only for the gain of the one farming the land
🗑
|
||||
| mechanization | to operate with or by machines
🗑
|
||||
| replacement babies | a child who is conceived to replace a deceased child
🗑
|
||||
| famine | extreme hunger
🗑
|
||||
| epidemiology | science that is concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people
🗑
|
||||
| epidemic | the rapid spread of an infectious disease to a large number of people in a short period of time
🗑
|
||||
| pandemic | an epidemic of an infectious disease spreading to human populations across a large region such as continents
🗑
|
||||
| phenomenon | something that can be observed or studied
🗑
|
||||
| health care | the maintaining/restoring of health by the treatment and prevention of disease by trained professionals
🗑
|
||||
| outliers | a person/thing that’s not attached to the main body or system
🗑
|
||||
| family planning | intended to determine the number and spacing of one’s children
🗑
|
||||
| contraceptives | a device or drug used to prevent pregnancy (birth control)
🗑
|
||||
| economics | the part of something that relates to money
🗑
|
||||
| politics | the art/science of government
🗑
|
||||
| sociocultural | a combination of social and cultural factors
🗑
|
||||
| advantageous | providing an advantage (beneficial)
🗑
|
||||
| alleviate | to make easier to deal with
🗑
|
||||
| stabilization | to make firm
🗑
|
||||
| education | the art of learning new skills and knowledge
🗑
|
||||
| primary education | elementary school (grades 1-8)
🗑
|
||||
| secondary education | high school (grades 9-12)
🗑
|
||||
| higher education | college; university
🗑
|
||||
| gender empowerment | the measure of gender equality
🗑
|
||||
| integrated | to combine two parts in a whole
🗑
|
||||
| age dependency ratio | a measure showing the number of dependents (aged 0-14 and over the age of 65) to the total population (aged 15-64)
🗑
|
||||
| sex ratio | the distribution of the sexes in a population, measured as the number of males per 100 females
🗑
|
||||
| baby boomers | an individual born during the Post-World War II (1946-1964)
🗑
|
||||
| indicative | showing or signifying something
🗑
|
||||
| urbanization | a population shift from rural to urban areas
🗑
|
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.
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
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
cameronalexis
Popular Geography sets