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AP Human Geography Chapter 2

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why is it important to project the future population   show
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why is it so difficult to project the future population   show
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show we won't have enough land for everyone and people are going to die  
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how many people are we projected to have in 300 years   show
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how many people are we projected to have in 400 years   show
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when did the world's population increase at a faster rate than ever before in history   show
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where is virtually all global population growth concentrated   show
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more people are ________________ at this time than at any time in human history   show
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show demography  
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show regions balance between population and resources  
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the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people   show
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the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people   show
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the percentage in which a population grows in a year   show
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show East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, & Europe  
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what are the demographic characteristics of more developed countries   show
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show shorter life expectancy, CDR is higher, more children, poor education, no medicine or doctors, really bad health care, NIR is higher, higher IMR  
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show population pyramid  
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what side of the population pyramid are males always on? and females?   show
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age group   show
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the number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force   show
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what does a large percentage of children in Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries strain   show
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show  
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show birth rates: very high death rates: very high NIR: stable or slow increase  
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show birth rates: very high death rates: starts to decline rapidly NIR: very rapid increase  
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show birth rates: starts to decline death rates: falling more slowly NIR: increase slows down  
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what are the birth and death rates and NIR doing in stage 4 of the DTM   show
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what are the birth and death rates and NIR doing in stage 5 of the DTM   show
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show it went from under a billion to 7 billion people  
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why is rapid population growth a problem   show
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show he influenced ideas about overpopulation in past and modern times  
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show he claimed that population grows more rapidly than Earth's food supply  
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what did Malthus project the consequences would be based on the 1798 growth rates   show
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show food is essential & humans have the basic urge to multiply  
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show war, disease, famine, natural disasters  
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what are "preventative or negative checks" that have lowered the birth rate   show
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what were the problems with Malthus's theory   show
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when does the Green Revolution happen   show
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what things were created during the Green Revolution   show
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show because of the unprecedented rates of natural increase in LCDs  
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what are Neo-Malthusians painting a frightening picture of   show
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many LDCs have _______________________ their food production significantly in recent years, but they have _________________________ than ever before   show
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show -distribution of contraceptives -emphasizes reliance on economic development  
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what is one approach to empowering women   show
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what would happen if more women were able to attend school   show
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with the survival of more infants assured what would women most likely choose to limit the number off children   show
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show demand; greater; supply  
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what is China doing to decrease population growth   show
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show urban areas are more strict than rural areas  
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show they can force sterilization or abortions  
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show you must pay "fees" in the amount it would cost the state to provide for that child  
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what effects have happened because of the one child policy   show
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CBR at 1.7, it is ___________________ than the U.S. and are now experiencing a population _____________________   show
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show epidemiology  
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show epidemiological transition model  
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what are a high level of infectious diseases associated with   show
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show urban-industrial life styles  
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show endemic  
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show epidemic  
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show pandemic  
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what is stage one of the ETM called   show
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show less than 35  
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show pestilence  
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show Bubonic plague  
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show animal and human attacks  
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show heart disease  
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what is the name of stage 2 of the ETM   show
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show public health (water/sewage) and nutrition  
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show infant mortality rate and pandemics (widespread diseases)  
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what increases in stage 2 of the ETM   show
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show cholera  
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what is stage 3 of the ETM called   show
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show urbanization, public health, and nutrition  
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show polio and measles  
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what is the life expectancy in stage 3 of the ETM   show
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what starts to rise in stage 3 of the ETM   show
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show smoking & fattier diets  
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what is approximately 50% of deaths caused by during stage 3 of the ETM   show
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what is stage 4 of the ETM called   show
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what 4 things improve in stage 4 of the ETM   show
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show cancer & heart disease  
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show >65  
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what is the name of stage 5 of the ETM   show
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what happens in stage 5 of the ETM   show
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why is stage 5 of the ETM speculative   show
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show microbes  
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the portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement   show
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the total number of people divided by the total land area   show
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the number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is suitable for agriculture   show
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show agricultural density  
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what is the NIR today   show
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show 2.2% in 1963  
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show 82 million  
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the number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase   show
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show developing countries  
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the average number of children a women will have throughout her childbearing years   show
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what is the global "average" total fertility rate   show
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the shape of a population pyramid is primarily determined by what demographic rate   show
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show 0-14 and 65+  
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show sex ratio  
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show model; stages; country  
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show none  
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show majoriity  
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how many countries are in stage 4 of the demographic transition model   show
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show fairly close on food production  
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show to pessimistic on population growth  
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show Japan is expected to have a major decline in population  
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why is Japan expected to have a major decline in population   show
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show they will face a severe shortage of workers  
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what would characterize a possible stage 5 of the DTM   show
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distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition   show
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show infant mortality rate  
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the average number of years an individual can be expected to live given certain conditions   show
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how are these mortality rates distributed globally, in terms of developed and developing worlds   show
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show in developed countries they have better medical technology and medicine than LDCs, both have health care MDCs just put more money & attention to it than LDCs  
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what are reasons why the dry lands are inhospitable   show
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what are reasons why the wet lands are inhospitable   show
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what are reasons why the cold lands are inhospitable   show
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what are reasons why the high lands are inhospitable   show
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identify the 2 strategies that have been successful in reducing birth rates and explain why they have been successful   show
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show -believed that the population was growing more rapidly than food supply and would eventually we would run out of resources  
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what are the views and theories of Neo-Malthusians   show
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show resource depletion: believe that Malthusian beliefs are based on that the world's supply of resources is fixed rather than expanding population growth: disagree with Malthus that population growth is a problem  
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what is the first big break in the demographic transition and its cause   show
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show the sudden drop in birth rate caused from changing social customs  
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show birth control devices have been distributed free,abortions were legalized in 1972, camps to perform sterilizations,birth-control programs became voluntary,family planning is emphasized in education, most dominant form of birth control is sterilization  
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what are China's population policies   show
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show unevenly; climate  
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show ecumene  
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show world's land area  
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show dry areas, wet areas, cold areas, high areas  
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show dry areas  
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-receive very high levels of precipitation -primarily located near the equator -combination of rain and heat depletes nutrients from the soil, hindering agriculture   show
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show cold areas  
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show high areas  
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show East Asia  
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show East Asia  
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show East Asia  
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Japan and South Korea's population is distributed differently and is not ________________________   show
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more than _____________ of the Japanese and Koreans live in __________________ areas   show
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show South Asia  
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show India; 3/4  
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show Europe  
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_______________________ of Europe's inhabitants live in cities   show
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world's fourth-largest population cluster which is a series of islands   show
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13,677 islands make up what country   show
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what 2 countries make up the largest population concentration in the western hemisphere   show
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show 2%  
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show less than 5%  
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where is another 2% of the world's population clustered   show
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in which country is half of the 2% of the world's population in Africa located   show
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show agriculture  
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-the number of people per total land area -the highest densities are found in parts of Asia and Europe   show
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-number of people per arable land area -measures the relation between population and agricultural resources in a society   show
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show carrying capacity  
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show  
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Still flip over!!   show
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