Human Population Part 2

Question 1

Crude birth rate

Answer 1

Number of births per 1000 people per year

Question 2

Crude death rate

Answer 2

The number of deaths per 1000 people per year

Question 3

Total fertility rates

Answer 3

The average number of children a women will have during her child bearing years

Question 4

Birth rate factors (4)

Answer 4

1. ) urbanization
2. ) educational and employment opportunities for women
3. ) religious beliefs
4. ) infant mortality rates

Question 5

The three categories in the age structure

Answer 5

1. ) Pre-reproductive (age 0-14)
2. ) Reproductive (age 15-44)
3. ) Post-reproductive (age 44- death)

Question 6

Demographic transition

Answer 6

As countries become industrialized, their death rates and then their birth rates decline

Question 7

How can you reduce birth rates?

Answer 7

1. ) empowering women
2. ) economic rewards (like china)
3. ) birth control, health care