Ch.9 key terms

Question 1

Democracy

Answer 1

Is the study of population

Question 2

Age structure

Answer 2

The distribution of ages and I specific population at a certain time

Question 3

Survivorship

Answer 3

Is the percentage of the members of a group that are likely to survive in any given age

Question 4

Fertility rate

Answer 4

The average number of children a woman gives birth to in her lifetime

Question 5

Migration

Answer 5

The movement of individuals form one area to another

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

The movement of individuals from one area to another

Question 7

Demographic transition

Answer 7

Is a model that describes her economic and social changes affect population growth rate

Question 8

Infrastructure

Answer 8

Is the basic faculties in service to support a community such as a public water supplies sewer lines power plants roads schools and hospitals

Question 9

Arable land

Answer 9

Land that can be used to grow crops

Question 10

Urbanization

Answer 10

The movement of people from rural areas to cities.

Question 11

Least developed countries

Answer 11

Countries show few signs of development and in some cases have increasing death rates while birth rates remain high