Chapter 9

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.

Question 2

Age Structure

Answer 2

A term used to indicate that an increasing proportion of a society’s population is becoming elderly.

Question 3

Survivorship

Answer 3

curve is the graphic representation of the number of individuals in a population that can be expected to survive to any specific age.

Question 4

Fertility Rate

Answer 4

the total fertility rate (TFR) that maintains a stable population size. the rate of change in a population’s size resulting from birth and death rates alone, excluding migration.

Question 5

Migration

Answer 5

is the large-scale movement of members of a species to a different environment.

Question 6

Life Expectancy

Answer 6

The estimated average number of years (or other time period used as a measure) that an individual of a specific age can expect to live.

Question 7

Demographic Transition

Answer 7

theory is a generalised description of the changing pattern of mortality, fertility and growth rates as societies move from one demographic regime to another.

Question 8

Infrastructure

Answer 8

infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services.

Question 9

Arable Land

Answer 9

is, according to one definition, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.

Question 10

Urbanization

Answer 10

refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas.

Question 11

Least Developed Countries

Answer 11

are low-income countries confronting severe structural impediments to sustainable development.