Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
Q
What is demography?
A
The study of human population
2
Q
What is a population explosion? Where does it occur?
A
When the population is growing by large amounts this tends to happen in areas with more poverty and more in near core and far periphery countries.
3
Q
What are the three stages of technological change?
A
- Hunting and gathering societies
- Agricultural Revolution
- Industrial revolution
4
Q
What is causing declining birth rates?
A
- less focus on the family
- 1 child policy in some countries
- women working same hours as men
- higher cost of living
