Human Geo 2.1 Vocab Flashcards
Agricultural Density
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of arable land.
Arable Land
Land suited for agriculture.
Arithmetic Density
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Carrying Capacity
The population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the available resources.
Census
The complete enumeration of a population.
Demography
The scientific study of population characteristics
Ecumene
The portion of Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
Overpopulation
A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Physiological Density
The number of people per unit area of arable land