AP Human Geography Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) | A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population |
| Child Mortality Rate (CMR) | A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fith years of thier lives in a given population |
| Life Expectancy | A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live. Normally expressed in the context of a particular state |
| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | The average number of children born to a women during her child bearing years |
| Natural Increase Rate (NIR/RNI) | The birth rate - death rate of a population; a statistic used to measure the growth of population in a region, exclusive of immigration and emigration |
| Birth Rates | The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year |
| Death Rates | The number of deaths per 1,000 population in a given year |
| arithmetic density | Divides the entire population of a country by the total land area to come up with a population density for the country as a whole |
| Physiological Density | The number of people per unit area of arable land |
| Agricultural Density | Total number of farmers per unit of arable land |
| Carrying capacity | The ability of the land to sustain a certain number of people |
| Ecumene | inhabited land, where people live |
| Population Pyramid | represents the breakdown of the population by gender and age at a given point of time |
| demographic | relating to the structure of populations, characteristics of a population |
| Mortality | state of being mortal, subject to death |
| Migration | a change in residence from region or countries, intended to be permanent |
| Population doubling time | the time it takes for a population to double in size/value |
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