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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demography | Scientific study population |
| Population Distribution | Pattern of human settlement |
| Arithmetic density | Total number of people divided by land area |
| Physiological density | number of people per unit area |
| Carrying capacity | population environment can support |
| Agricultural density | ratio number of farmers to land |
| Ecumene | Portion Earth's surface human can live |
| Population Pyramid | bar graph representing distribution |
| Cohort | Population various age in pop. pyramid |
| Sex ratio | # of males per 100 females |
| Birth Deficit | Bars of pop. pyramid rep. children |
| Dependency Ratio | # of people under 15 & over 64 |
| Crude Birth Rate (CBR) | # of live births per 1,000 people |
| Crude Death Rate (CDR) | # of deaths per 1,000 people |
| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | Average # of children a woman will have |
| Doubling Time | # of years needed to double a pop. |
| Overpopulation | # of people exceeds capacity |
| Anti-natalist | Government policy limiting pop. growth |
| Eugenic population policies | Govt. policies favor one racial sector |
| Pro-natalist | Govt. policy stimulating birth rates |
| Life expectancy | Avg. # of yrs. and individual can expect to live |
| Infant Mortality Rate(IMR) | #of deaths of infants under 1 per 1,000 births |
| Child Mortality Rate) | # of deaths in first 5 years of life |
| Demographic transition | Process of change in society's from high birth rates to low birth/death rates |
| Rate of Natural Increase (NIR) | Percentage of growth in a year (CBR)-(DBR) |
| J-Curve | Population increase exponential growth |
| S-Curve | Relates to growth and decline in rate of natural increase |
| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) | Decline of total fertility rate to where (NIR) = 0 |
| Expansive Population Pyramid | High birth rate low life expectancy |
| Stationary Population Pyramid | Not significantly growing or shrinking |
| Epidemiological transition model | Distinctive cause of death in stage of Demographic transition model |
| Malthusian Theory | British economist concluded rate of population growing faster than agriculture productivity |
| Pandemic | Disease occurs over wide area affects high proportion |
| Boserup Theory: | Theory stating agricultural methods depend on population size |
| Neo-Malthusians | Argue global overpopulation is serious problem will lead to depletion of nonrenewable sources. |
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