Chapter 2: Population Flashcards
The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support
Carrying capacity
The number of people living in a given unit area
Arithmetic density
An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals
Census
Small country subdivisions, usually containing between 2500 and 8000 persons, delineated by the US Census Bureau as area of relativity uniform population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions
Census tract
Number of deaths per thousand children within the first five years of life
Child mortality rate
A population group unified by a specific common characteristics, such as age, and subsequently treated as a statistical unit
Cohort
The number of live births per year 1000 people
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
The number of deaths per year 1000 people
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
Demographics
The ratio of the number of people who are either too old or young to provide for themselves to the number of people who must support them through their own labor. This is usually expressed in the form
n:100, where n equals the number of dependents
Dependency ratio
The notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor and underdeveloped states to a core of wealthy states, enriching the latter at the expense of the former
Dependency theory
Time period required for a population experiencing exponential growth to double in size completely
Doubling time
The term used by geographers to mean inhabited land
Refers it land where people have made their permanent home and to all work areas that are considered occupied and used for agricultural or any other economic purpose
Ecumene
The percentage of children who die before their first birthday within a particular area or country
Infant mortality rate
The average age individuals are expected to live, which varies across space, between genders, and even between races
Life expectancy
