AP Human Geography UNIT 2 Flashcards
What are the four major population clusters?
South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe
What are the three types of population density?
arithmetic (# of people/land area)
physiological ( # of people / arable land) and agricultural ( # of farmer / arable land)
What factors affect population distribution?
Elevation, Water, Climate, Culture, Economic Development, and Disease
What is the dependency ratio?
the number of dependents in a population that each 100 working age people will need to support.
How does a large elderly dependency ratio effect a country?
It shows that the country has an aging population. There will be a focus on health care and senior homes for these people. We are seeing this in a lot of developed countries.
What is the demographic most likely to migrate?
Young single men. Normally for better job opportunities
What are some trends in death rates?
A better standard of living will decrease death rates.
Wars, famine, natural disaters will cause an increase.
This can contribute to CDR and IMR
How does CBR change in the DMT?
How does Crude birth change through the Demongraphic Transition Model?
In stages 1 and 2 it is high, then it has a sharp decreases in stage three and steadliy declines through stages 4 and 5
What is the basis of Malthusian Theory of Population?
population grows exponetially while resources only increases arithimatically. Meaning there will not be enough resources for everyone at one point and famine will ensue killing of enough people to where there wi
neo-malthusians agree with him
Meaning there will not be enough resources for everyone at one point and famine will ensue killing of enough people to where there will be enough
What are the main criticism on Malthusian Theories?
Malthus did not account for new technology and new farming methods, allowing for larger crop yeilds
