General Review for Midterm 2 Flashcards
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rate of natural increase
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- provides the annual growth for a country or region as a percentage
- the standard statistic used to express natural population growth per yea
2
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Total Fertility Rate
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- is an artificial and synthetic number that measures the fertility of a statistically fictitious, yet average group of women moving through their child bearing years
3
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nation
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describes a large group of people with shared sociocultural traits such as language, religion, and identity
4
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state
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refers to an internal political entity with clearly defined delimited boundaries, control over its internal space, and recognition by external political states
5
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nation-state
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a relatively homogenous cultural group with its own political territory
6
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Demographic Transition Model
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Stage 1 -high birth rates -offset by high death rates Stage 2 -death rates decline Stage 3 -decline in birthrates Stage 4 -low birthrates and low death rates Stage 5 -no or even negative natural growth
7
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Indicators of Development
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HDI (life expectancy,education attainment,gender equity and GNI)
- Child Mortality
- Women and Literacy
