AP HUMAN UNIT 2 Flashcards
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largest number of people that an area can support
Carrying Capacity
Study of human population
Demography
People who study the demographics of human population
Demographers
statistical data relation to the population and groups within
Demographics
0-14 years old
Pre-Reproductive age group
15-64 years old
Reproductive age group
(childbearing)
65+ years old
Post- Reproductive age group
Bigger column that the one above: it is considered? Baby boom. baby bust, or echo
Echo
A period of sharpness declining at birthrate: it is considered? Baby boom. baby bust, or echo
Baby Bust
A temporarily increase of the birth rate; especially big after wars/conflicts. it is considered? Baby boom. baby bust, or echo
Baby Boom
5 stages model is called?
Epidemiological Transition Model
Stage 1 of the model:
Pestilence and Famine
Stage 2 of the model:
Receding Pandemics
Stage 3 of the model:
Human-Created Diseases
Stage 4 of the model:
Delayed Degenerative Diseases
Stage 5 of the model:
Reemerging Infection and Parasitic Diseases
Malthusian Theory made by who and when?
Thomas Malthus
1778
list 2 things about Malthusian Theory
- Society on path to mass starvation
- Overpopulation; limit children