Final Review: Population

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

Statistical study of human population

Question 2

Census

Answer 2

Process of collecting, compiling & publishing demographic, economic an& social data pertaining to a particular time to all people in country (10 year detailed; 5 year less detailed)

Question 3

Developed country

Answer 3

No modern infrastructure or industries

Question 4

Infant mortality rate

Answer 4

rate at which babies of less than one year of age die (deaths per 1000)

Question 5

Birth rate

Answer 5

Births in 1 year/population x 1000

Question 6

Death rate

Answer 6

Deaths in 1 year/population x 1000

Question 7

Natural increase

Answer 7

Births - Deaths

Question 8

Rule of Seventy

Answer 8

Doubling time; approx = 70/ growth rate % (per year)

Question 9

Immigration rate

Answer 9

Immigration in 1 year/population x 1000

Question 10

Emigration rate

Answer 10

Emigration in 1 year/population x 1000

Question 11

Net Migration rate

Answer 11

Immigration rate - Emigration rate

Question 12

Life expectancy

Answer 12

Avg number of years individual is expected to live

Question 13

World Health Organization (WHO)

Answer 13

Improve health measures available to all countries

Question 14

Demographic transition model

Answer 14

Shows change over a period of time in: 
-Birth rate
-Death rates
-Trends in overall population #
Assumes countries go thru industrialization reduce birth/death rates

Question 15

Age structure

Answer 15

Population understand why things change within population: Children up to 15, 16-24, and 65+

Question 16

Dependency ratio

Answer 16

Proportion of population being supported by working age group

Question 17

Population Pyramid

Answer 17

Graph show age & sex structures of population

Question 18

Cohorts

Answer 18

Intervals of 5 years in population Pyramids (horizontal bars)

Question 19

One child policy in China

Answer 19

• If have second child = no support from gov.
• may have 2nd if 1st a girl
• prevent apocalyptic future

Question 20

Early-expanding population

Answer 20

• Sharper Pyramid
• Less wide (high birth rate)
• Narrow @ top (same as expanding)

Question 21

Expanding population

Answer 21

• VRY slanted pyramid
• wild bottom (high birth rate)
• narrow top (high death rate; old ppl ded)

Question 22

Stable population

Answer 22

• About same amount of elders & births
• mostly middle age
• star shaped

Question 23

Contracting population

Answer 23

• Zero growth

- Oval shaped

Question 24

Refugee

Answer 24

Person forced to leave country to escape war, persecution, natural disaster

Question 25

Population distribution

Answer 25

The way people are spaced on Earth’s surface

Question 26

Ecumene

Answer 26

Permanently inhabited places (35% of world’s land no good)

Question 27

Population density

Answer 27

of people in a given area

Question 28

Arable land

Answer 28

Capable of producing crops

Question 29

Carrying capacity of land

Answer 29

Idea that land can produce only so much in the way of food/goods given the technology of the time

Question 30

Nutritional density

Answer 30

Measure of how much nutrition in calories can be produced from the land

Question 31

Literacy rates

Answer 31

The number of people that are literate (able to read and write) in an area