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world studies STACK
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| population | the number of organisms living in a given area |
| demographics | characteristics of human population |
| immigrate | the country that someone moves into, with the intention of permanantly |
| emigrate | the country that you exit *know where your family emigrated from for test |
| population density | the number individuals in a given area |
| overpopulation | population exceeds carrying capacity |
| carrying capacity | the number of plants or animals that can be sustained in a given area |
| birth rate | the number if births in a given time period *usually per year |
| death rate | the number of deaths in a given time period |
| infant mortality | when a child is born alive, but dies before their first birthday |
| life expectancy | how long someone is expected to live |
| zero-population growth (ZPG) | when the birth rate is equal to the death rate |
| infanticide | child is born alive, then murdered |
| population explosion (i.e. baby boom) | after world war 2 the soldiers came home and impregnated the women |
| developed country | is a country with a relatively high standard of living |
| developing country (f.k.a. third world) | a country working toward a high standard of living *people don't want other countries to feel like they're in "3ed etc." place |
| population growth rate | the speed at which a population increases |
| population pyramid | a graph that illustrates two variables; age and gender |
| cartogram | a map that uses size to relate statistical value |
| family planning/sex-ed | taught in the north east, but only abstinence only in bible belt (south east) |
| birth control/abortion | the north east is pro choice (towards abortion) while the south east believes in pro life (no abortions) |
| replacement level fertility | every woman needs to have two children, in order to replace population |
| total fertility rate | the number of children per mother *will decrease, because of economy and the money it costs to have children |
| carbon footprint/consumption | how much stuff you use; carbon footprint and consumption determine over population |
| push/pull factors | push factors are negatives and pull factors are positive *push: money |
| gentrification | a migratory pattern characterized as Y.U.P. (young, urban, professional) or "yuppi" moving in and minorities being pushed out |
| food insecurity | what the united nation uses to describe starvation *they think it's better than saying "starvation" |
| "baby boom" | post world war two when population exploded |
| irish potato famine (1840's) | caused a major migration to the united states *forced a lot of irish to come to the U.S. |
| top five most populated countries largest to smallest | 1.China 2.India 3.US 4.Indonesia 5.Brazil |
| all top ten most populated countries | 10.Japan 9.Russia 8.Nigeria 7.Bangladesh 6.Pakistan 5.Brazil 4.Indonesia 3.US 2.India 1.China |
| who migrates more? | the rich do, because it's expensive to move |
| what factors determine overpopulation? | consumption does, not numbers. does the family consume a lot? what's their carbon footprint? |
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tsagef
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