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Population Key Issue 2 (DTM) Vocabulary List

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Demographic Transition Model (DTM)   A transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country developed.  
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Industrial   of, relating to, or characterized by industry.  
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Industrial Revolution   A combination of major improvements and industrial technology that transforms the process of manufacturing goods and delivering them to markets.  
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Crude Birth Rate   number of live births occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year.  
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Crude Death Rate   the number of deaths occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year.  
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Natural Increase Rate   crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population.  
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Total Fertility Rate   the average number of children a woman would have were she to fast-forward through all her childbearing years in a single year.  
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Infant Mortality Rate   the average number of children a woman would have were she to fast-forward through all her childbearing years in a single year.  
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Zero Population Growth   a population neither grows nor declines, because the number of births in a year equals the number of deaths.  
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Primary Economic Activity   activities where natural resources are extracted from the earth. Ex. mining, farming and fishing.  
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Infrastructure   the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. Ex. buildings, roads, and power supplies  
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Primary Economic Activity   activities where natural resources are extracted from the earth. Ex. mining, farming and fishing.  
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Subsistence Farming   Farming that provides enough food for the farmer and his family but not enough for sale.  
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Agricultural Production   the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.  
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Replacement Babies   a substitute or replacement for the child who died.  
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Famine   an extreme shortage of food.  
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Epidemic   a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.  
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Pandemic   (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.  
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Agricultural Revolution   the development of crop and animal raising as a food source among human communities instead of hunting and gathering.  
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Mechanization   the changing of a process using machines, instead of people or animals.  
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The Medical Revolution   Improvements medical and medical technology over time which resulting in longer life.  
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