Chapter 4 test

Question 1

Rate of Natural Increase

Answer 1

The difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate of a defined group of people.

Question 2

Doubling time (DT)

Answer 2

The number of years in which a population grows at a certain rate will double.

Question 3

Urbanization

Answer 3

Urban growth and developement

Question 4

Overpopulation

Answer 4

term that describes population growth surpasses the resources needed to support life

Question 5

Neo-Malthusian

Answer 5

describing the theory related to the idea that population growth is unsustainable and that the future population cannot be supported by Earth’s resources

Question 6

Demographic transition model (DTM)

Answer 6

A model that represents the shifts in the growth of the world’s populations, based on population trends related to the birth and death rate.

Question 7

Epidemiological transition model. (ETM)

Answer 7

A model that describes changes in fertility, mortality, life expectancy, and population age distribution, largely as the result of changes in causes of death.

Question 8

Antinatalist

Answer 8

describing attitudes or policies that discourage childbearing as a means of limiting population growth

Question 9

Pronatalist

Answer 9

describing attitudes or policies that encourage childbearing as a means of spurring population growth