Chapter 4 1 Child China Flashcards

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infant mortality rate

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number of infants who die in first year per every 1000 live births in year

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total fertility rate TFR

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number of children average woman has in lifetime

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demographic factors

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population characteristics: birth rate and life expectancy, that influence how population changes in size and composition

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growth rate

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percent increase population size over time, affected by births, deaths, # moving in and out of regional population

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life expectancy

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of years individual is expected to live

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crude death rate

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Number of deaths expected per 1000 per year

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crude birth rate

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Number of offspring (live births) per 1000/year

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population density

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of people per unit area

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overpopulation

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more people living in area than its natural and human resources can support

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population momentum

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tendency of your population to continue to grow even after birth rates drop to “replacement rates” - 2 children/couple

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developed country

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country that has moderate to high standard of living on average and established market economy

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developing country

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country that has lower standard of living than developed country, weak economy, high poverty

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demographic transition

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theoretical model that describes expected drop in once-high population growth rates as economic conditions improve quality of life in population

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zero population growth

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absence of population growth. birth rates = death rates

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15
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replacement fertility rate

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rate at which children must be born to replace those dying in population

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16
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age structure

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part of population pyramid that shows percentage of population distributed into various age groups of males and females.

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sex ratio

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relative number of males to females, calculated by dividing # of males / # of females

18
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gendercide

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systematic killing of specific gender

19
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immigration 69

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movement of people into given population

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emigration 69

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movement of people out of given population

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carrying capacity 69

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population size that area can support for long term. depends on resource availability and rate of per capita use