Ch. 9 Key Terms

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations

Question 2

Age Structure

Answer 2

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages; represented as a bar graph with younger ages at the bottom and males and females on either side

Question 3

Survivorship

Answer 3

the state or condition of being a survivor; survival.

Question 4

Fertility Rate

Answer 4

The fertility rate at a given age is the number of children born alive to women of that age during the year as a proportion of the average annual population of women of the same age

Question 5

Migration

Answer 5

seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

Question 6

Life Expectancy

Answer 6

The amount of time someone or something is expected to live

Question 7

Demographic Transition

Answer 7

is a long-term trend of declining birth and death rates, resulting in substantive change in the age distribution of a population.

Question 8

Infrastructure

Answer 8

the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation

Question 9

Arable Land

Answer 9

Land fit or used for the growing of crops also : a plot of such land the village arable of Anglo-Saxon times.

Question 10

Urbanization

Answer 10

the process of making an area more urban.

Question 11

Least Developed Countries

Answer 11

low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development. They are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets.