Geo Flashcards
What are the number of babies born in a year compared to every thousand people in a country
Birth rate
What is life expectancy
The average number of years people can expect to live
Population growth rate
The difference between the birth rate and death rate in a country
Pandemic
A disease that spreads through a population very quickly
Overpopulation
Too many people for the land to feed properly
Diarrhoea
Transmitted by contaminated food and water. Boil water
Cholera
Transmitted by unhygienic food and water and lack of personal hygiene. Better hygiene
Malaria
Mosquitoes . Insect reppelent nets and short term drugs
HIV and AIDS
Blood and body fluids. Avoid unprotected sexual contact and other people’s blood
Problems caused by overpopulation
Higher risk of large-scale disatasers and pandemics. Unemployment
Economic status
A person’s income
What carried the black death virus
Fleas
Symptoms of the black death
High fever, swollen glands, bleeding internally which caused parts of the body to turn black
Symptoms of smallpox
Blisters, fever and becoming weak
The Spanish flu was also known as
1918 influenza
