geo vocab unit 1

Question 1

Demography

Answer 1

The scientific study of population characteristics

Question 2

Demographic momentum

Answer 2

population grows despite reduced reproduction rates due to young age distrubution

Question 3

Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Answer 3

Change in population due to high crude birth and death rates,and low nartural increase

Question 4

Medical Revolution

Answer 4

medical technology diffused to poorer countries, helped ppl live longer lives

Question 5

Zero population growth

Answer 5

decline in total fertility rate to the point where natural increase equals zero

Question 6

Epidemiological transition

Answer 6

The process of change in the distictive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

Question 7

epidemic

Answer 7

a widespread occurrence of ann infectious disease in a community at a particular time

Question 8

pandemic

Answer 8

an epidemic that occurs over a wide geographic area affects the population at the same time

Question 9

Infant mortality rate

Answer 9

of deaths of babies 1yr or less

Question 10

Life expectancy

Answer 10

average # of years a newborn is expected to live

Question 11

Malthusian Theory

Answer 11

the population increase would out run food suppiles

Question 12

carrying capacity

Answer 12

largest number of ppl an enviornment can support

Question 13

neo-malthusians

Answer 13

mondern view, earths resources can only support a finite population

Question 14

overpopulation

Answer 14

the number of ppl exceedes the capacityof the environment

Question 15

population density

Answer 15

of ppl per unit of area

Question 16

arithmetic density

Answer 16

of ppl divided by land area

Question 17

physiological density

Answer 17

of ppl per land, suited for agriculture

Question 18

Agricultural density

Answer 18

ratio of farmers to the total amount of land

Question 19

Ecumene

Answer 19

The portion of earth occupiced by settlement

Question 20

population growth

Answer 20

increase of ppl in a population

Question 21

CRude birth rate (CBR)

Answer 21

of live births per 1000 ppl

Question 22

Crude Death rate (CDR)

Answer 22

of deaths per 1000 ppl

Question 23

Natural Increase Rate

Answer 23

percentage of population growth a year

Question 24

Demographic equation

Answer 24

CBR-CDR=NIR calculates population change

Question 25

Doubling time

Answer 25

number of years it takes to double a population

Question 26

Total fertility rate (TFR)

Answer 26

average number of kids a woman will have in childbearing years

Question 27

pronatalist

Answer 27

gov supports high birthrate

Question 28

anti-natalist

Answer 28

gov supports lower birthrates

Question 29

population pyramid

Answer 29

Graph that represents population by age and sex

Question 30

dependancy ratio

Answer 30

ppl under 15 and over 64 compared to ppl in labor force

Question 31

Maternal Mortality Rate

Answer 31

Female deaths per 100,000 births by pregnancy

Question 32

census

Answer 32

enumeration of population

Question 33

epidemiology

Answer 33

medical science that are prevelent among popuation

Question 34

sex ratio

Answer 34

males per 100 females