CHAPTER 2 VOCAB (a)

Question 1

Agricultural Population Density

Answer 1

The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land.

Question 2

Antinatalist/Restrictive policy

Answer 2

It is a policy that supports lower birth rates.

Question 3

Arable land

Answer 3

Land suited for agriculture.

Question 4

Arithmetic Population Density

Answer 4

Total number of people divided by total land area.

Question 5

Carrying Capacity

Answer 5

Maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely.

Question 6

Census

Answer 6

An official survey of a population typically recording various details of individuals.

Question 7

Crude Birth Rate

Answer 7

Births per 1000 people in a year in a population

Question 8

Crude Death Rate

Answer 8

Deaths per 1000 people in a society/ country.

Question 9

Demographic Transition

Answer 9

A process of change in a society’s population from high CDR and CBR and low NIR to low CBR and high CDR, low NIR and higher total population.

Question 10

Demography

Answer 10

The composition of a particular human population.