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Jordan Chapter 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. | Population Density |
| the population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area. | Arithmetic Population Density |
| The number of people per unit area of arable (farmable) land. | Physiological Population Density |
| Description of locations on the Earth’s surface where populations live. | Population Distribution |
| Each dot represents a phenomenon in order to depict variation in density in a given area. | Dot Map |
| Term used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world. | Megalopolis |
| A periodic and official count of a country’s population. | Census |
| The time required for a population to double in size. | Doubling Time |
| The rapid growth of the world’s human population during the past century, attended by ever-shorted doubling times and accelerating rates of increase | Population Explosion |
| Population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths. Does not reflect immigrant or emigrant movements | Natural Increase |
| The number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population. | Crude Birth Rate |
| The number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population. | Crude Death Rate |
| Multistage model, based on Western Europe’s experience, of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. | Demographic Transition |
| Level at which national population ceases to grow. | Stationary Population Level |
| Structure of a population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education. | Population Composition |
| Visual representations of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age group is represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total population. | Population Pyramid |
| A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population. | Infant Mortality Rate |
| The number of infants who die within the first month of life per 1,000 live births. | Newborn Mortality Rate |
| A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population. | Child Mortality Rate |
| A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. Normally expressed in the context of a particular state. | Life Expectancy |
| Diseases that are spread by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Diffuse directly or indirectly from human to human. | Infectious Disease |
| Generally a long-lasting afflictions now more common because of a higher life expectancies. | Chronic Diseases |
| Immune system disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which over a period of years weakens the capacity of the immune system to fight off infection | AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) |
| Government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth. | Expansive Population Policies |
| Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others. | Eugenic Population Policies |
| Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase. | Restrictive Population Policies |
| A program established by the Chinese government in 1979 to slow population growth in China. | One-Child Policies |
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