ApHug Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

Industrial Revolution

Answer 1

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing

Question 2

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Answer 2

Total number of deaths in a year among every 1 year of age for every 1,000 live births

Question 3

Life Expectancy

Answer 3

Amount of time expected to live

Question 4

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 4

Number of female deaths per 10,000 live births

Question 5

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Answer 5

Percentage that population increases in a year

Question 6

Physiology Density

Answer 6

Number of people per unit of arable land

Question 7

Sex Ratio

Answer 7

Number of males per 100 females in the population

Question 8

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 8

Average Number of children a woman can have throughout her child bearing years

Question 9

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)

Answer 9

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