CHAPTER 2 VOCAB (c)

Question 1

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

Answer 1

The natural increase rate (NIR) is the percentage by which a population grows in a year.

Question 2

Eugenic Population Policies

Answer 2

“favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others.” japan wants Japanese babies.

Question 3

Expansive / Pronatalist pop. policies

Answer 3

A pronatalist policy is a government policy that supports higher birth rates

Question 4

Chronic diseases

Answer 4

Long-lasting and persistent diseases. Can be controlled but cannot be cured.

Question 5

Pandemic

Answer 5

A pandemic is an epidemic that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population at the same time.

Question 6

Total Fertility Rates

Answer 6

The average number of children a woman would have in her childbearing years.

Question 6

Zero population Growth

Answer 6

When the CBR declines to the point where it equals the CDR and the NIR approaches zero. The CBR is still slightly higher than the CDR because some females die before reaching childbearing years

Question 7

Megalopolis

Answer 7

A very large city or urban area.

Question 8

Child Mortality Rate

Answer 8

The number of child deaths under the age of 5 per 1000 births.

Question 9

Physiological Population Density

Answer 9

This is total population / total arable land area.