Demography Notes Flashcards
Death rate
The rate of people dying per year
Birth Rate
The rate of people being born per year
Demography
The study of a countries population
Dependency Ratio
the ratio of those who don’t work to the ones that do
Demographic transition model
a model that describes population change over time
Life expectancy
The time that is expected for someone in a certain area to live for.
Total fertility rate
The rate of babies being born divided by the amount of adult women, so you get the average amount of babies per woman.
Rapid Population growth
A population which is growing very quickly, with babies being born faster than the death
Low Population Growth
A population which grows very slowly, with babies being born only slightly more than the deaths.
Replacement Rate
The amount of people that are born to replace the dying people. This can be decimals.
Population Pyramid
A pyramid which displays the percent of a certain age and certain gender of a population.
Baby Boom
A time in which people are encouraged to give birth a lot, making many babies born in the next nine months.
Standard of Living
The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
One Child Policy
A policy in a country which rewards parents for one child only, and takes away from the family for the more children they have.
Rate of Consumption
The rate in which people consume and litter.
Ecosystem
A large community of animals and their abiotic factors around them
Great Leap Forward
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.
Toxic chemicals
Chemicals which are highly harmful to the environment
Nuclear Families
A family that consists of parents and their children.
Extended Families
A family which consists of parents, children, and relatives of that family
Urban
In the city. Not rural
Population Distribution
Where most people in a population live
Arithmetic Population Density
The total number of people divided by the total land area
Population Density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans.
Natural Habitats
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.
Public Transit
A public transportation system for moving passengers
Famine
An extreme scarcity of food
Earthquake Resistant Construction Techniques
Earthquake-resistant structures are structures designed to withstand earthquakes. No structure can be entirely immune to damage from earthquakes,
Hydroelectric
Energy produced using water and dams. Hydroelectric power is green clean energy.
Subterranean Zone
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth’s surface. (Underground area)
Tectonic Plates
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)
Commute Time
How long it takes to get to work each day.
Doubling Time
How long it takes a population to double.
Renewable
Capable of being renewed.
Tsunamis
A long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
Temperatures
How hot or cold something or somewhere is in degrees fahrenheit or celsius
Developing Country
A country that is not fully developed and is starting to modernize.
Climates
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Archipelago
An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands
Resource
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.
Reservoir
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. Or a protected area for animals or plants.
Landscape
All the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
Arable Land
Farmable land.
Wetlands
Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land
Drought
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
Rural
In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. (Countryside)
Habitat
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism(where someone or something lives)
Terracing
Make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
Basins
The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized
