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AP GEO CH 2
Adams HCHS AP Human Geo. Rubenstein Ch2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crude birth rate (CBR) | Total number of live births per year for every 1,000 people alive |
| crude death rate (CDR) | Total number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people alive |
| demographic transition | The process of change in a society's population from a condition of a high CBR and CDR and low NIR to a condition of a low CBR, CDR, and NIR with a higher total population |
| demography | The scientific study of population characteristics |
| dependency ratio | The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force |
| doubling time | Number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase |
| epidemiologic transition | Focuses on distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition |
| epidemiology | The branch of medical service concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality. |
| ecumene | A portion of the Earth occupied by permanent human settlement |
| Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods |
| infant mortality rate (IMR) | Annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in a society |
| life expectancy | The average number of years a newborn can hope to live from birth |
| Medical Revolution | Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. |
| natural increase rate (NIR) | The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the CBR minus the CDR. |
| overpopulation | A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living |
| pandemic | A disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. |
| sex ratio | The number of males per 100 females in the population. |
| total fertility rate (TFR) | Average number of children a woman will have during childbearing years |
| zero population growth (ZPG) | A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero |
| population pyramid | A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. |
| agricultural density | The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land (land suitable for agriculture). |
| arithmetic density | The total number of people divided by the total land area. |
| census | A complete enumeration of a population |
| Physiological density | The number of people per unit of area of arable land (land suitable for agriculture) |
| antinatalist policy | Government policy that supports lower birth rates. |
| pronatalist policy | Government policy that supports higher birth rates. |
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