CHAPTER 2 VOCAB (B)

Question 1

Dependency Ratio

Answer 1

The dependency ratio is the number of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the number of people in their productive years.

Question 2

Doubling Time

Answer 2

The amount of time it takes for a country’s population to double.

Question 3

Ecumene

Answer 3

Inhabited or inhabitable land. It can be settled in by people

Question 4

Epidemic

Answer 4

An epidemic is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Question 5

Epidemiologic Transition Model

Answer 5

The epidemiologic transition focuses on distinctive health threats in each stage of the demographic transition.

Question 6

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 6

The number of infant deaths per every 1000 live births.

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

Life expectancy is the average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.

Question 7

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 7

maternal mortality rate is the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy.

Question 8

Malthusian Theory

Answer 8

,Malthus claimed that the population was growing much more rapidly than Earth’s food supply because the population increased geometrically, whereas the food supply increased arithmetically

Question 9

Population Pyramid

Answer 9

A population pyramid is a bar graph that displays the percentage of a place’s population for each age and gender.