Midterm Review Flashcards
Arithmetic density
The total number of people divided by the total land area
Agricultural density
The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture
Physiological density
Number of people per unit of area of arable land that you can farm on
Crude birth rate
Number of births for every 1,000 people
Crude death rate
Number of deaths for every 1,000 people
Total fertility
Average kids a woman will have in their life
Infant mortality rate
The number of kids that die before the age of 1
Natural increase rate
percentage growth of population in a year, crude birth rate minus crude death rate
Doubling time
Number of years it takes to double a population
Malthus prediction
That there was gonna be too many people and not enough food
Agricultural revolution
Ratio of people to the number of land
Industrial revolution
Series improvements in the industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods
Medical revolution
Medical technology that improved the medical practices
Demographic transition (name the stages)
Stage 1: Pestilence and famin (high CDR)
Stage 2: Receding pandemics (rapidly declining CDR)
Stage 3: declining diseases (moderately declining diseases)
Stage 4: Delayed diseases (low but increasing CDR)
Pull factor
Something that will you towards a place
