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Chapter 2 Key Issues Flashcards

1
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overpopulation

A

of people exceeds the carrying capacity of environment

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2
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demography

A

scientific study of population characteristics

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3
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population distribution across earth

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asia and europe

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4
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humans avoid clustering in…

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too dry, too wet, too hot, too cold, etc.

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5
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population cartograms

A

sizes of countries according to population

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6
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ecumene

A

portion of earth occupied by human settlement

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7
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density

A

frequency of something existing in an area

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8
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arable land

A

land suited for agriculture

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9
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arithmetic density
(# of objects in area)

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total people / total land

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10
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physiological density
(# of people per arable land)

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total people / arable land

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agricultural density
(# of farmers per arable land)

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total farmers / arable land

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12
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NIR
(population growth in a year)

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natural increase rate

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13
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doubling time

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years needed to double population

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14
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CBR
(# of live births/year for every 100 people alive)

A

crude birth rate

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TFR
(# of births in society)

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total fertility rate

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IMR
(# of infant deaths under age 1 compared w/ total live births)

A

infant mortality rate

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17
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high IMR
(Africa)

A

bad healthcare

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18
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CDR
(# of deaths in year/ 1000 people in society)

A

crude death rate

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19
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demographic transition

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change in society’s population

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20
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low growth

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-high CBR
-high CDR
-low NIR

21
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healthcare in developed

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little or no cost

22
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healthcare in developing

A

pay more than half the cost

23
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maternal mortality rate

A

annual # of female deaths/ 100,000 live births

24
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sex ratio

A

of males/ 100 females in population

25
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missing females

A

babies missing from abortion or being killed in infancy

26
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life expectancy

A

average # of years individual is expected to live

27
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elderly support ratio

A

of working age people/ # of elderly

28
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“graying” of population

A

elderly increase-
more people need to work to support

29
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population pyramid

A

bar graph that displays % of a place’s population for each age and gender

30
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dependency ratio

A

of too young or too old to work

31
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epidemiology

A

branch of medical science concerned w/ incidence, distribution, control

32
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epidemiologic transition

A

focuses on diffinctive health threats in each stage of demographic transition

33
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epidemic

A

widespread occurrence of disease in community at particular time

34
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stage 1

A

perstilence and famine

35
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pandemic

A

epidemic occurring over widespread

36
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stage 2

A

receeding pandemics

37
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stage 3

A

degenerative diseases

38
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stage 4

A

diagnosed degenerative and lifestyle diseases

39
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demographic transition stage 5

A

-low CBR
-increasing CDR
-declining NIR

40
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policy in China

A

one child policy

41
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policy in India

A

national family planning program

42
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antinatalist policies

A

policy supporting low birth rate

43
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distributing contraceptives

A

more cheaply and quickly

44
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evolution in stage 5

A

antibiotics and genetic engineering contribute to emergence of new viruses

45
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poverty in stage 5

A

diseases often in poor areas due to unsanitary conditions and treatment too expensive

46
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increased connections in stage 5

A

people travel, they carry diseases with them and exposed to other diseases

47
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Thomas Malthus
(an essay on the principle of population)

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one of first to argue world’s population increase was outrunning development of food supplies

48
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neo-malthusians

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frightening future where billions of people are in desperate competition of food, water, and energy

49
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critics of malthus

A

worldwide, carrying capacity in terms of food production has increased rapidly than Malthus expected

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