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Population

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the study of human populations   show
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show population density  
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you get this by dividing population by land area   show
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you get this by dividing population by arable land area   show
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show population distribution  
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land that is suitable for agriculture   show
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a large area of the world that has a lot of people and high population density   show
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show megalopolis  
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region for which the term megalopolis was created   show
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the feared result of rapid population growth exceeding food supplies. Paul Ehrlich coined the term   show
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writer that first raised concerns about population growth in 1798   show
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show exponentially  
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show linearly  
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term for the extremely rapid population growth during the 19th and 20th centuries   show
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period during which chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and hybrid seed varieties enabled food production to increase exponentially   show
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show population growth rate  
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show crude birth rate  
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show crude death rate  
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show rate of natural increase  
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show immigration  
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migration out of a country   show
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immigration minus emigration   show
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the average number of babies born per woman   show
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the TFR needed for a population to sustain itself   show
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show negative population growth  
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the number of years it takes for a population to double at a given growth rate   show
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the number of people over 65 per 100 youths under 15 in a society   show
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the tendency for population to stabilize as a country develops economically   show
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term for the situation in which birth rates roughly equal death rates   show
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a country that is wealthy and whose citizens have access to all modern conveniences   show
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show developing state  
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show population composition  
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graphic that shows the population composition for a given place   show
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the ratio of providers and dependents in a society   show
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show dependent  
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someone who earns money and contributes to the care of others   show
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show workforce  
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policies which encourage people to have more children   show
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policies which discourage people from having lots of children   show
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show eugenic policies  
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show incentives  
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show one-child policy  
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the ratio of women to men in a country   show
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