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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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what if population growth doesn't stop   show
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show 1 trillion  
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show 4 trillion  
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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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show crude death rate (CDR)  
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show natural increase rate (NIR)  
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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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what are the demographic characteristics of less developed countries   show
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show population pyramid  
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show males (left) females (right)  
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age group   show
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show dependency ratio  
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what does a large percentage of children in Sub-Saharan Africa and other countries strain   show
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KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL   show
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what are the birth and death rates and NIR doing in stage 1 of the DTM   show
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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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show birth rates: low death rates: low NIR: stable or slow increase  
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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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describe the change in population of the World from the 1950s to present   show
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show keeps going up we are going to become overpopulated  
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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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what 2 basic assumptions did Malthus base his theory on   show
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what are "positive checks" that have raised the death rate   show
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show birth control, moral restraint, celibacy, abortion  
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show new technology to store and preserve food, Industrial Revolution, new agricultural practices, Green Revolution  
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show latter half of the 20th century  
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show genetically modified crops, fertilizers, irrigation techniques, pesticides  
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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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show they would learn employment skills, gain economic control of their live, make informed reproductive choices  
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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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in less developed countries, __________________ for contraceptive devices is ____________________ than the available _________________   show
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show have a one-child policy  
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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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show led to increase in infanticide and abortion which has led to an unbalanced male to female ratio  
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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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what are a high level of chronic and degenerative diseases associated with   show
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show endemic  
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show epidemic  
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when a disease jumps an ocean (Africa -> Europe) multiple continents   show
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what is stage one of the ETM called   show
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what is the life expectancy of stage 1 of the ETM   show
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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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what is less than 10% of deaths caused by in stage 1 of the ETM   show
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show Age of Receding Pandemics  
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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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show Age of Degenerative and Human-made Diseases  
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what continues to improve in stage 3 of the ETM   show
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show polio and measles  
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show less than 50  
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what starts to rise in stage 3 of the ETM   show
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what are the causes of the rise of man-made diseases   show
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show cancer & heart disease  
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what is stage 4 of the ETM called   show
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show health care, diet, medicine, and education  
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show cancer & heart disease  
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show >65  
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show Return of Infectious Diseases  
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what happens in stage 5 of the ETM   show
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show poverty, world-wide travel, evolution of microbes  
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disease causing bacteria   show
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the portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement   show
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show arithmetic density  
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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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in what world regions is most growth occuring   show
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show total fertility rate  
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what is the global "average" total fertility rate   show
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show number of people in different age groups  
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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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how many countries are in stage 1 of the demographic transition model   show
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how many countries are in stages 2/3 of the demographic transition model   show
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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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how is Japan's population expected to change by 2050   show
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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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show very low Crude Birth Rate, increasing Crude Death Rate, and a negative Natural Increase Rate  
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show epidemiologic transition  
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show infant mortality rate  
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show life expectancy  
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show countries that are not as developed have higher mortality rates than developed countries  
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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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show -too dry for farming -lack water to grow crops that could feed a population  
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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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show -steep slopes -snow covered slopes  
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show through education& health care-women stay in school longer, improved health care, IMR would decline, with more kids surviving women would have less kids through contraception- family planning programs, most effective for lowering birth rate  
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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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show -the gap in population and resources is greater in some countries than even Malthus anticipated -world population growth is outstripping other resources not just food production  
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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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world population is very ___________________ distributed across Earth's surface and it can be compared to ____________________ distribution   show
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show ecumene  
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the ecumene has expanded to cover most of the _______________   show
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show dry areas, wet areas, cold areas, high areas  
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-too dry for farming -cover approximately 20% of Earth's land surface -generally lack sufficient water to grow crops   show
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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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-much of the land near the north and south poles -perpetually covered with permafrost   show
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-relatively few people live in mountains, but there are some significant exceptions in Latin America and Africa   show
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show East Asia  
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1/5 of the world's people live in this region   show
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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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show 3/4; urban  
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show South Asia  
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the world's second most populous country and contains more than _________________ of South Asia's population concentration   show
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show Europe  
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show 3/4  
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show Southeast Asia  
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show Indonesia  
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show United States and Canada  
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show 2%  
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what percentage of the people in the United States and Canada are farmers   show
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show West Africa  
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show Nigeria  
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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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-the largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support -most closely related to physiological density   show
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CARRYING CAPACITY IS IMPORTANT AND WILL BE ON THE TEST!!   show
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show Good luck on your test!! You'll do great! :)  
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