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A.P HuGe Chp 2 Vocab
Advanced Placement Human Geography Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Density | The ratio of farmers to land suitable for farming. |
| Agricultural Revolution | The time humans switched from hunting and gathering to farming. |
| Arithmetic Density | The ratio of people to land suitable for living. |
| Census | A complete enumeration of a population. |
| Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | Total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. |
| Crude Death Rate (CDR) | Total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. |
| Demographic Transition | From high CBRs & CDRs with a low natural increase - low CBRs & CDRs with a high natural increase. |
| Demography | The study of population characteristics. |
| Dependency Ratio | People under the age 15 and above the age of 64 compared to people active in the work force. |
| Doubling Time | The number of years needed to double a population. |
| Ecumene | The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement. |
| Epidemiologic Transition | Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition. |
| Epidemiology | Medical study concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases. |
| Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. |
| Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) | Total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 in a society. |
| Life Expectancy | The average number of years to be lived based on social, economic, and medical conditions. |
| Medical Revolution | Medical technology developed in first world countries that has diffused to third world countries. |
| Natural Increase Rate (NIR) | Crude Birth Rates minus Crude Death Rates. |
| Overpopulation | The number of people exceeding the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard. |
| Pandemic | Disease that occurs over a wide area and affects a very high population. |
| Physiological Density | Ratio of people per land suitable for agriculture. |
| Population Pyramid | A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. |
| Sex Ratio | The number of males per 100 females in the population. |
| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | The number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. |
| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) | A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. |
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