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Population and Migration Chapter 2 - Basic Terms of Population

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World Population   6.5 billion people and rising  
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Population Explosion   when population growth is taking place in areas, particularly in less developed countries, that are ill-prepared to handle growing numbers of people, leading to a population crisis  
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Underpopulation   occurs due to climatic conditions or other factors  
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Demography   study of population characteristics  
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Demography   the scientific analysis of population trends and it predicts future occurrences based on present statistics  
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Population Growth and Demographics   are important in setting political policy and allocating scarce resources  
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Two Major Factors in Demographics   crude birth rate and crude death rate  
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Crude Birth Rate   refers to the number of births per 1000 people in the population  
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Crude Death Rate   refers to the number of deaths per 1000 people in the population  
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Overpopulation   the lack of necessary resources to meet the needs of the population of a defined area  
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Necessary Resources   food, water, and shelter  
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Desert   the carrying capacity of the environment is far less than that of an agriculturally productive area  
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Carrying Capacity   the ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people  
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More People Inhabit and Area   the more likely they will reach the carriying capacity of the environment  
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Carrying Capacity is Reached   the problems of overpopulation become apparent  
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Lack of Resources   people begin to starve and many deaths occur due to lack of resources  
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Factors   can alter an environment's carrying capacity  
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Factor   technological innovations  
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Technological Innovations   can increase food productivity  
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Green Revolution   brought technological innovations that increased food productivity  
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Japan   is a country living on a small percentage of its land. only 16 percent of its physical layout can support its population of 128 million. the rest of its topography is too hilly which leads it to be very densely populated  
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Ecumene   habitable land  
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Ecumene   includes land with adequate water sources, relatively flat terrain, and available human food sources  
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Seventy Percent of the World   covered in water. Pacific, Atlantic, India, and Arctic Oceans  
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Underpopulated   Great Plains of the United States  
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Great Plains   breadbasket of the US, is sparsely populated and dominated by agriculture. yet water and food avaalibility are good.  
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