Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is the natural increase formula
Births-deaths
What is the physiological population density formula?
Population/square miles
What is arable land?
Farm land
What is an infectious disease?
Parasites attacking
What is a vectored diseas?
Vectored is through blood/a spreader( malaria)
What is a non vectored disease?
Spread through direct contact (flu)
What is a chronic disease?
Affects middle to old age (heart diseas,cancer,stroke)
What is a genetic disease?
Passed through genetics (autism)
Why do women have fewer children in developed countries?
Birth control
Women have more purpose
What is immigration?
When you leave a country and never go back
What is emigration?
When you leav a country and return a few years later
What is demography?
The study of population
What are the 4 largest population clusters
East Asia- Japan,Koreas, China
South Asia - India,sir Lanka
Europe
North America- north east
What is a megalopolis?
Large urban area
What are crude birth and death rates?
Births and deaths per 1,000 people