chapter 2

Question 1

Agricultural density

Answer 1

the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land ( land suitable for agriculture

Question 2

Arithmetic density

Answer 2

the ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land (land suitable for agriculture)

Question 3

Cartogram

Answer 3

maps in which the geometry or size of a region is distorted in order to convey some variable

Question 4

Natural increase rate
(NIR)

Answer 4

the percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate

Question 5

Total fertility rate (TFR)

Answer 5

the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years

Question 6

Dependency ratio

Answer 6

the number of people under the age of 15 and over the age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force

Question 7

Demographic transition
model

Answer 7

the process of changing

Question 8

Carrying capacity