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Investigating Population Change: 1.1 What is Demographic Change? Flashcards

Try your best to correctly define key terms and list contemporary statistics for global population rates

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1
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Define Demography

A

Demography is the study of a population’s vital statistics

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What is the systems theory?

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The systems theory provides a framework to consider population as something which is dynamic in nature

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How long after 1960 did it take for the world’s population to double?

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40 years

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The rate of change is assymetrical. How long would it take for the population to double in:

i. the UK
ii. African nations?

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i. 433 years

ii. 27 years

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Who contributed 82% of the world’s population between 1952-present? Who contributed only 4.4%?

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Asia and Africa contributed 82% of global population

Europe contributed just 4.4%

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Define Natural Increase

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The excess of births over deaths

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Define crude birth rate

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The ratio of the number of births per annum to the total population expressed per 1000 people

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Define crude death rate

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The ratio of the number of deaths per annum to the total population expressed per 1000 people

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Define total fertility rate

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the number of births to a woman over her lifetime

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10
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Give some examples of total fertility rates

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Italy - 1.3
UK - 1.7
Central African Nations - 5.6
Islamic States - 4.1

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What influences total fertility rates?

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> Culture
Political Pressures
Social norms
Events such as the end of the war

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Define infant mortality rates

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number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1000

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Define maternal mortality rates

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Number of deaths of women during childbirth per 100,000

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Define life expectancy and name some examples

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The average age you are expected to live to in a particular nation - i.e. as of 2010, a resident of the UK is expected to live to 80 on average. In Lesotho, you are expected to live to just 41

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Define migration

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The movement of people from one administrative area to another, mostly of a permanent nature

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define migration balance

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Migration balance is excess of in-migration over out-migration and vice versa

17
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Define in-migration

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The flow of people over a given time period into a country

18
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Define out-migration

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The opposite of in migration

19
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Define net population change

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Net population change is the change in the country when both natural change and migration are taken into consideration

20
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the health factors (7)

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> Control of disease - death control
> Birth control - contraceptives
> Infant mortality
> Diet - malnutrition
> Doctors, nurses
> sexual Health
> Sanitation
21
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the Welfare factors (4)

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> Levels of care for the elderly
Improving living standards
Availability of radio and the media
Clean water supply

22
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the Educational factors (5)

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> Health education
> Age of ending compulsory schooling
> female years in education
> Levels of tertiary education
> Literacy levels
23
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the Political factors (5)

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> Taxation to support services
Economy and resources to support numbers
Impact of war and conflict
Facilitating access to health care and contraception

24
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the Cultural factors (5)

A 
> Religious attitude to birth control
> Status gain from having children
> Role of women in society
> Role of extended family
> Sexual morality
25
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Explaining global variations in demographic indicators: List the environmental factors (2)

A

> Frequency of major hazards

> Environmental conditions that breed killer diseases

26
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List the life expectancy, death rate, infant mortality rate and % of population over 65 in:
I. UK
II. Japan
III. Afghanistan

A

I. 80, 9, 4.7, 16%
II. 83, 9, 2.6, 23%
III. 44, 39, 155, 2%

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