Geo Flashcards
What is a term for refugees who do not leave their country’s border?
IDP= Internally Displaced Person
What type of Population Pyramid represents a lesser developed country?
Expansive=> LLDC
What does IDP stand for?
Internally Displaced Person
What is an example of a PULL FACTOR?
Health care, Education
What is a Fertility Rate?
The average # of children a women has in her lifetime
What is the REPLACEMENT LEVEL?
The fertility rate that maintains the current level of population
What’s an age division?
A cohort
What is the DEPENDENCY RATIO?
The # of dependants in a country for every 100 people of working age
What is POPULATION DISTRIBUTION?
The pattern of where people live in a country
What is STATIONARY age-sex?
A population pyramid that has little population growth
What is EXPANSIVE age-sex?
A pyramid with a wide base and a narrow top. (Indication of expanding populations)
What does RNI stand for?
Rate of National Increase
How do you get the RNI?
Subtract Birth Rate from Death Rate, then divide by 10.
BR-DR=> 16- 7= 9
——— —- = 0.9%
10 10
How do we get the DT (Doubling Time)?
Divide 70 by the RNI
70 70
—-=> —— = 78yrs
RNI 0.9
What does the EXPANSIVE POPULATION POLICY do?
It encourages kids (baby bonus)
