chapter 2 - population

Question 1

doubling time

Answer 1

number of years for a population to double in size

Question 2

infectious diseases

Answer 2

spread from person to person

Question 3

vectored

Answer 3

spread through intermediary, such as an insect

Question 4

non vectored

Answer 4

spread directly from person to person

Question 5

chronic or degenerative diseases

Answer 5

diseases of middle and old age

Question 6

genetic of inherited diseases

Answer 6

passes through genes from one generation to the next

Question 7

natural increase rate

Answer 7

difference between births and deaths

Question 8

demographic transition model

Answer 8

multi stage model of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization

Question 9

expansive

Answer 9

policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of natural increase

Question 10

eugenic

Answer 10

policies which favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others

Question 11

restrictive

Answer 11

policies designed to reduce NIR