Ch.3

Question 1

Population Distribution

Answer 1

where people live within a geographic area

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

the long-term patterns of weather in an area that greatly affect population distribution in direct and indirect ways.

Question 3

Temperate Climates

Answer 3

Areas with moderate temperatures and adequate precipitation amounts.

Question 4

Dispersed

Answer 4

Spread out (referring to a population).

Question 5

Landforms

Answer 5

The natural features of Earth’s surface (influence population distribution).

Question 6

Human Migration

Answer 6

When people make a permanent move from one place to another.

Question 7

Population Density

Answer 7

The number of people occupying a unit of land, and is an important aspect of population.

Question 8

Arithmetic Density

Answer 8

The total number of people per unit area of land.

Question 9

Physiological Density

Answer 9

The total number of people per unit of arable land.

Question 10

Arable Land

Answer 10

Land that can be used to grow crops.

Question 11

Agricultural Density

Answer 11

The total number of farmers per unit of arable land (highest found in Asia).

Question 12

Subsistence Agriculture

Answer 12

The practice of providing crops and livestock for only the farmer’s families and close community, often when the agricultural density is higher (common in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries with fewer mechanical resources).

Question 13

Carrying Capacity

Answer 13

The maximum population size an environment can sustain (a concept that originated in biology).

Question 14

Dependency Ratio

Answer 14

The number of people in a dependent age group (under age 15 or age 65 and older).

Question 15

Sex Ratio

Answer 15

The proportion of males to females in a population (In general, slightly more males are born than females).

Question 16

Demographics

Answer 16

Data about the structures and characteristics of human populations.

Question 17

Fertility

Answer 17

The ability to produce children, and influences the birthrate of a population.

Question 18

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Answer 18

The number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population.

Question 19

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 19

The average number of children one woman in a given country or region will have during her childbearing years (ages 15 to 49).

Question 20

Mortality

Answer 20

The number of deaths as a component of population change.

Question 21

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Answer 21

The number of deaths of a given population per year per 1,000 people.

Question 22

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Answer 22

The number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1,000 live births.

Question 23

Life Expectancy

Answer 23

The average number of years a person is expected to live (the average in most countries is more than 80, but peripheral countries average around 50 years).

Question 24

Population Pyramids

Answer 24

Graphs showing the age-sex distribution of a given population, that help indicate whether the population is growing rapidly, growing slowly, or in decline.