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Adams HCHS AP Human Geo. Rubenstein Ch2

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crude birth rate (CBR)   Total number of live births per year for every 1,000 people alive  
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crude death rate (CDR)   Total number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people alive  
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demographic transition   The process of change in a society's population from a condition of a high CBR and CDR and low NIR to a condition of a low CBR, CDR, and NIR with a higher total population  
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demography   The scientific study of population characteristics  
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dependency ratio   The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force  
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doubling time   Number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase  
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epidemiologic transition   Focuses on distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition  
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epidemiology   The branch of medical service concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality.  
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ecumene   A portion of the Earth occupied by permanent human settlement  
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Industrial Revolution   A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods  
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infant mortality rate (IMR)   Annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in a society  
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life expectancy   The average number of years a newborn can hope to live from birth  
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Medical Revolution   Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.  
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natural increase rate (NIR)   The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the CBR minus the CDR.  
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overpopulation   A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living  
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pandemic   A disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.  
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sex ratio   The number of males per 100 females in the population.  
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total fertility rate (TFR)   Average number of children a woman will have during childbearing years  
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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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population pyramid   A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.  
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agricultural density   The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land (land suitable for agriculture).  
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arithmetic density   The total number of people divided by the total land area.  
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census   A complete enumeration of a population  
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Physiological density   The number of people per unit of area of arable land (land suitable for agriculture)  
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antinatalist policy   Government policy that supports lower birth rates.  
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pronatalist policy   Government policy that supports higher birth rates.  
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