2.4-2.9

Question 1

Crude Birth Rate (2.4)

Answer 1

The number of live births per year for each 1,000 people

Question 2

Crude Death Rate (2.4)

Answer 2

The number of deaths occurring per year for every 1,000 people

Question 3

Demographic Balancing Equation (2.4)

Answer 3

Future Population = (# of births - # of deaths) + (# of immigrants - # of emigrants)

Question 4

Emigrants (2.4)

Answer 4

People who moved out of the country

Question 5

Immigrants (2.4)

Answer 5

People who moved into a country

Question 6

Infant Mortality Rate (2.4)

Answer 6

The number of children who die before their first birthday

Question 7

Life Expectancy (2.4)

Answer 7

Average number of years people live

Question 8

Population Doubling Time (2.4)

Answer 8

The time it takes for a population to double in size

Question 9

Rate of Natural Increase (2.4)

Answer 9

The percentage at which a country’s population is growing or declining, without the effects of migration

Question 10

Demographic Momentum (2.5)

Answer 10

From stage 3 to 4 on the demographic transition model, population will continue to grow for at least one more generation

Question 11

Demographic Transition Model (2.5)

Answer 11

Show five typical stages of population change that countries experience as they modernize

Question 12

Epidemiological Transition Model (2.5)

Answer 12

Explains the changing death rates and more common causes of death within society

Question 13

Boserup Theory (2.6)

Answer 13

Suggests that the more people there are, the more hands to work, rather than just mouths to feed

Question 14

Malthusian Theory (2.6)

Answer 14

Scientists debating on whether or not society is on a path toward massive starvation

Question 15

Neo-Malthusians (2.6)

Answer 15

Argue population growth is a serious problem, and a greater threat for our future

Question 16

Overpopulation (2.6)

Answer 16

Population grows faster than food production, so the population would soon become unstable

Question 17

Anti-natalist Policies (2.7)

Answer 17

Policies that attempt to decrease the number of births in a country
Examples of countries: China

Question 18

Pronatalist Policies (2.7)

Answer 18

Policies designed to increase fertility rates
Examples of countries: Denmark, Russia, Italy

Question 19

Total Fertility Rate (2.8)

Answer 19

The average number of children who would be born per woman of that group in a country

Question 20

Dependency Ratio (2.9)

Answer 20

Comparing the working and nonworking parts of the population

Question 21

Dependent Population (2.9)

Answer 21

Considered too young or old to work full-time
Under 15, over 65