Question | Answer |
Demography | study of population numbers, distribution,trends and issues(人口统计学) |
Census | process of collecting,compiling...about all people living in a particular area(人口普查,统计; 人口财产调查 _ |
Developed country | 发达国家-country with a highly developed economy and living standards |
developing country | 发展中国家 |
birth rate | # of births per 1000 people in a country in a given year |
Death rate | # of deaths per 1000 people in a country in a given year |
Demographic transition model | a model that shows change in a population's birth and death rate and growth based on technological development. |
Industrialization | 工业化- overall change in a society from farm production and craftsmanship to mechanized manufacturing production. |
Urbanization | 都市化 - The move of people from farm to cities where job are available |
mortality | 死亡数,死亡率-death in population |
immigration rate | 迁移率- # of new arrivals in a country in a given year per 1000 |
Emigration rate | # of ppl leaving a country in a given year per 1000 |
exponential rate | a rapid rate of population growths as each generation doubles in size |
natural increase | population increase or decrease in a year expressed a % of the total population(birth rates - death rate) |
rule of 70 | the times it takes a country to double its population( 70 divided by the country's growth rate) |
doubling time | # of year it takes country to double its population at its current growth rate |
net migration | 迁移率 |
Migration | 移居,迁徙( person who moves from one region to another) |
life expectancy | the average # of years an individual is expected to live平均寿命; 预期寿命 |
family planning | the concept of limiting the size of families计划生育 |
rhythm method | a method of birth controls.安全期避孕法 |
sterilization | a procedure by which a person's ability to reproduce is destroyed绝育 |
vasectomy | 输精管切除术 |
coercion | 强迫; 高压政治- the use of force |
contraception | birth control- |
total fertility rate | 总生育率- the average # of children born over the lifetime of a typical woman in a particular country |
one-child policy | 计划生育政策(china) |
infanticide | the act of killing an infant(杀婴) |
gender selection | the choice of whether to keep a fetus based on its gender |
population growth rate | 人口增长率( natural increase + net migration) |
dependency ratio | 抚养比率( |
dependency load | the % of a population that is younger than 15 or older than 64 years of age |
population distribution | 人口分布- the pattern of where people live in an area |
ecumene | 世界上有人(适于人类)居住的部分 - populated area o the world |
population density | 人口密度- the # of people living in a given area( area divided the population) |
population pyramid | a bar graph that shows male and female population back at age interval of five years |
age cohort | 年龄队列,年龄群组 |
Neo -Malthusians | people who share Malthus' pessimistic views regarding population growth. |
carrying capacity | 载流容量,承载能力 the maximum # of people that can be sustained by an environment |
ecological footprint | the impact of human on the environment生态足迹 |
cornucopian | 丰富的
ppl who have optimistic view on population growth due to advances in science and technology |
demographic regulation | 人口调控 a theory |
Ch 12 | living standards |
Infrastructure | 基础设施. |
Developed countries | the world wealthiest countries( had well-established infrastructure and ppl are well-housed,healthy and have good literacy skilld) |
Newly industrializing countries | 新兴工业化国家
countries that r experiencing rapid economic and industrial growth |
developing countries | countries that have lower standard of living than developed countries |
heavily indebted poor countries ( hipcs) | 重债穷国
coun. at the low end of the UN human development index that r debt to developed nations |
human development index | 人类发展指数 - used to rank standards of living in its member count. |
standard of living | 生活标准- |
literacy rate | 识字率( the % of population that is able to read and write |
GDP per capita | 人均国内生产总值,人均國內生產總值 (all good and services produced in a country in 1 year) |
non- governmental organizations(NGOs) | 非政府间组织, 民间机构委员会 |
Millennium Development Goals( MDGs) | 千年发展计划 ( 8 goals developed by the member states of the unite nation to close the gap in the living standards between developed and developing countries |
mortality | death rate, calculated as # of death per 1000 ppl in a population |
malnutrition | poor, lack of 营养不良 |
globalization | the spread of idea,information and culture around the world through advances in communication..全球化,全球性 |
Multinational corporation ( MNCs) | companies that do business is more than 1 country |
world bank | 世界银行 - provide financial, technical help developing countries |
organization for economic co-operation and development(oced) | 经济合作与发展组织 , |
bilateral aid | 双边援助 assistance from 1 count. to another |
Chapter 13 | Environment |
sustainable development | a way to maintain economic growth without damaging the environment 可持续发展 |
earth summit | a meeting of world leaders. held in pio de janeriro,brazil, in 1992, to discuss environment change |
agenda 21 | a statement of environmental action |
herbicides | substance used to kill plants 灭草剂 |
pesticides | substance used to kill pests( ex. unwanted plants and animals) 杀害虫剂 ,农药 |
organic | grown without chemical |
co2 emission | carbon dioxide emissions caused by burning of fossil fuels( largest contributor of global warming ) |
biodiversity | 生物多类状态( having a variety of life forms) |
ecotourism | 生态旅游- tourism to threatened areas that tries to be low-impact and small scale |
biosphere | regions pf earth, made up of all the ecozones |
stewardship | 管事人之职位及职责; 管理工作 - careful management of resource |
carrying capacity | 载流容量- the largest population than an environment can support |
deforestation | 采伐森林 |
global warming | the projected increase in the earth's average temperature due to burning of fossil fuels and deforestation |
ecology | 生态学; 社会生态学- the science concerned with the relationship between living things and their environment |
acid precipitation | 酸性降水 |