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Population (Chapter 2)

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show The age structure of a population that determines similarities and differences among countries. An important factor of this structure is the dependency ratio.  
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Carrying capacity   show
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Cohort   show
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Demographic equation   show
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Demographic momentum   show
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Demographic regions   show
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show Has 5 steps. Stage 1 is low growth, Stage 2 is High Growth, Stage 3 is Moderate Growth, and Stage 4 is Low Growth and Stage 5 although not officially a stage is a possible stage that includes zero or negative population group.  
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Dependency ratio   show
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show Shows how many children a mother is having, showing us which countries are levelling off, and which ones are growing rapidly.  
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Disease diffusion   show
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show The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.  
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Ecumene   show
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Epidemiological Transition model   show
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show This refers to physical or virtual space that is associated with a particular gender because of the activities that occur in the space. For example, a military base.  
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show The annual number of deaths of infants under one year of age, compared with total live births. Its is expressed as the annual number of deaths among infants among infants per 1000 births rather than a percentage.  
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show This is when the projection population show exponential growth. This is important because if the population grows exponential resource use will go up exponentially and so will our use as well as a greater demand for food a  
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show This is an adaptation that has become less helpful than harmful. This relates to human geography because it has become less and less suitable and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on.  
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show Was one of the first to argue that the worlds rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food population. This is important because he brought up the point that we may be outrunning our supplies because of our exponentially growing  
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show Is a reflection of a country’s health care system, IMR and life expectancy measures the average number of years a baby can expect to live.  
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show (Crude Birth Rate) This is the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; it is expressed as number of birth in year to every 1000 people alive in the society.  
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show Theory that builds upon Malthus’ thoughts on overpopulation. Takes into count two factors that Malthus did not: population growth in LDC’s, and outstripping of resources other than food  
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show Relationship between the number of people on Earth, and the availability of resources  
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Population densities   show
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Population distributions   show
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Population explosion   show
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show Predicts the future population of an area or the world. (Helps predict future problems with population such as overpopulation or under population of a certain race or ethnicity.)  
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Population pyramid   show
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Rate of natural increase   show
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show Traces the cyclical movement upwards and downwards in a graph. So named for its shape. Relates to growth and decline in the natural increase.  
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Sex ratio   show
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Standard of living   show
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show Providing the best outcomes for human and natural environments both in the present and for the future Relates to development that meets today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.  
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Underpopulation   show
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Zero population growth(ZPG)   show
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