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Chapter 2 APHumanGeo
Chapter 2 vocabulary for APHG.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CDR-- Crude Death Rate | The total number of deaths in one year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. |
| CBR-- Crude Birth Rate | The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. |
| Population Pyramid | A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex. |
| Zero Population Growth | A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. |
| Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. |
| Medical Revolution | Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. |
| Sex Ratio | The number of males per 100 females in a population. |
| Doubling Time | The number of years needed to double a population, assuring a constant rate of natural increase. |
| Physiological Density | The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture. |
| Arithmetic Density | The total number of people divided by the total land area. |
| Agricultural Density | The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture. |
| IMR-- Infant Mortality Rate | The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society. |
| Life Expectancy | The average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social, economic, and medical conditions. |
| Ecumene | The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement. |
| Demography | The scientific study of population characteristics. |
| TFR-- Total Fertility Rate | The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. |
| Pandemic | Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. |
| Depending Ratio | The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in labor force. |
| Pro-Natalist Policies | Policies that encourage child bearing. |
| Anti-Natalist Policies | The goal to slow population growth by decreasing total fertility rate and crude birth rate. |
| Standard of Living | The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community. |
| Underpopulation | Lower population density than normal or desired. |
| Agricultural Revolution | When growing crops was discovered opposed to hunting and gathering. One of the causes of the J curve. |
| Generation X | The generation born after the baby boomers in the 1960's and the 1970's. |
| Baby Boomers | An increase in birth rate in the 1950's. |
| Epidemiological Transition Model | Focuses on health threats in each stage of the demographic transition. |
| Demographic Transition Model | Population change model about what happens to population as development advances. |
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