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Demography Notes Flashcards

1
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Death rate

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The rate of people dying per year

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Birth Rate

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The rate of people being born per year

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Demography

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The study of a countries population

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Dependency Ratio

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the ratio of those who don’t work to the ones that do

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5
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Demographic transition model

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a model that describes population change over time

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Life expectancy

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The time that is expected for someone in a certain area to live for.

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Total fertility rate

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The rate of babies being born divided by the amount of adult women, so you get the average amount of babies per woman.

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Rapid Population growth

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A population which is growing very quickly, with babies being born faster than the death

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Low Population Growth

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A population which grows very slowly, with babies being born only slightly more than the deaths.

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Replacement Rate

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The amount of people that are born to replace the dying people. This can be decimals.

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Population Pyramid

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A pyramid which displays the percent of a certain age and certain gender of a population.

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Baby Boom

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A time in which people are encouraged to give birth a lot, making many babies born in the next nine months.

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13
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Standard of Living

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The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.

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One Child Policy

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A policy in a country which rewards parents for one child only, and takes away from the family for the more children they have.

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Rate of Consumption

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The rate in which people consume and litter.

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Ecosystem

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A large community of animals and their abiotic factors around them

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Great Leap Forward

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An act enforced by Mao Tse-Tung which involved people giving up everything and having many babies to make China a developed country, but the act ended up as a flop.

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18
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Toxic chemicals

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Chemicals which are highly harmful to the environment

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Nuclear Families

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A family that consists of parents and their children.

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Extended Families

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A family which consists of parents, children, and relatives of that family

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Urban

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In the city. Not rural

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Population Distribution

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Where most people in a population live

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Arithmetic Population Density

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The total number of people divided by the total land area

24
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Population Density

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Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans.

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Natural Habitats

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Habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population.

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Public Transit

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A public transportation system for moving passengers

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Famine

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An extreme scarcity of food

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Earthquake Resistant Construction Techniques

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Earthquake-resistant structures are structures designed to withstand earthquakes. No structure can be entirely immune to damage from earthquakes,

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Hydroelectric

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Energy produced using water and dams. Hydroelectric power is green clean energy.

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Subterranean Zone

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Existing, occurring, or done under the earth’s surface. (Underground area)

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Tectonic Plates

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Tectonic Plates is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motions of Earth’s lithosphere. (The plates under the earth that create earthquakes and stuff)

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Commute Time

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How long it takes to get to work each day.

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Doubling Time

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How long it takes a population to double.

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Renewable

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Capable of being renewed.

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Tsunamis

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A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance

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Temperatures

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How hot or cold something or somewhere is in degrees fahrenheit or celsius

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Developing Country

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A country that is not fully developed and is starting to modernize.

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Climates

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The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

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Archipelago

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An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands

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Resource

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A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

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Reservoir

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A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. Or a protected area for animals or plants.

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Landscape

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All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

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Arable Land

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Farmable land.

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Wetlands

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Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land

45
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Drought

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A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water

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Rural

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In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. (Countryside)

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Habitat

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The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism(where someone or something lives)

48
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Terracing

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Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.

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Basins

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The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized

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