Ap Human Geography Vocab Quiz 2

Question 1

Agricultural Density

Answer 1

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land

Question 2

Antinatalist policy

Answer 2

Government policy that supports lower birth rates

Question 3

Arithmetic Population Density

Answer 3

The total number of people divided by the total land area

Question 4

Arable Land

Answer 4

Land suited for agriculture

Question 5

Carrying Capacity

Answer 5

The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources

Question 6

Census

Answer 6

A complete enumerical of a population

Question 7

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Answer 7

The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

Question 8

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Answer 8

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society

Question 9

Demography

Answer 9

The scientific study of population characteristics

Question 10

Demographic Transition

Answer 10

The process of change in a societies population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and a low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase and higher total population

Question 11

Dependency Ratio

Answer 11

The number of people under age and over 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force

Question 12

Doubling Time

Answer 12

The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase

Question 13

Ecumene

Answer 13

The portion of earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement

Question 14

Epidemic

Answer 14

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

Question 15

Epidemiologic transition

Answer 15

The process of change in the distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

Question 16

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Answer 16

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 For every 1000 live births in a society

Question 17

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 17

The annual number of female deaths per 100000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes)

Question 18

Medical Revolution

Answer 18

Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in the poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier countries

Question 19

Mortality

Answer 19

The study of death rates

Question 20

Natural Increase Rate (NIR

Answer 20

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

Question 21

Overpopulation

Answer 21

A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity for the environment to support life at a decent standard of living

Question 22

Pandemic

Answer 22

An epidemic that occurs over a wide geographic area and effects a very high proportion of the population at the same time

Question 23

Physiological Population Density

Answer 23

The number of people per unit area of arable land, which is land suitable for agricultural

Question 24

Population Pyramids

Answer 24

A bar graph that represents the distribution of the population by age and sex

Question 25

Pronatalist policy

Answer 25

Government policy that supports higher birth rates

Question 26

Sex Ratio

Answer 26

The number of males per 100 females in the population

Question 27

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 27

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childhood years

Question 28

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

Answer 28

A decline of the total fertility rate to where the natural fertility rate equals zero

Question 29

Life Expectancy

Answer 29

The number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.