Population

Question 1

Agricultural population density

Answer 1

Compares the number of farmers to the area of arable land and measures the efficiency of a region’s farmers.

Question 2

Antinatalist Policies

Answer 2

An anti-natalist policy is one implemented by a government aiming to decrease the total fertility rate, as well as the crude birth rate, in order to slow the population growth.

Question 3

Arable

Answer 3

Land that is used or suitable for growing crops.

Question 4

Arithmetic Population Density

Answer 4

The calculation of how many people are living in a specific area of land.

Question 5

Baby Boom

Answer 5

A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II.

Question 6

Baby Bust

Answer 6

A temporary marked decrease in the birth rate.

Question 7

Birth Deficit

Answer 7

A slowdown of births during war.

Question 8

Boserup Theory

Answer 8

Population growth is independent of food supply and that population increase is a cause of changes in agriculture.

Question 9

Carrying Capacity

Answer 9

The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

Question 10

Cohorts

Answer 10

A population group that is distinguished by a certain characteristic.

Question 11

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Answer 11

The number of live births occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 mid-year total population of the given geographical area during the same year.

Question 12

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Answer 12

The number of deaths occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 mid-year total population of the given geographical area during the same year.

Question 13

Demographic Balancing Equation

Answer 13

Future population - current population + (number of births - number of deaths) + (number of immigrants - number of emigrants).

Question 14

Demographic Momentum

Answer 14

The tendency for growing populations to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution.

Question 15

Demographic Transition Model

Answer 15

Based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics – birth rate and death rate – to suggest that a country’s total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically.

Question 16

Dependent Population

Answer 16

That part of the population that does not work and relies on others for the goods and services they consume.

Question 17

Dependency Ratio

Answer 17

A measure of the number of dependents aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, compared with the total population aged 15 to 64.

Question 18

Epidemiological Transition Model

Answer 18

Describes changing patterns of population age distributions, mortality, fertility, life expectancy, and causes of death.

Question 19

Echo

Answer 19

The generation born after the baby boomers.

Question 20

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 20

The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

Question 21

Life Expectancy

Answer 21

The average period that a person may expect to live.

Question 22

Malthusian Theory

Answer 22

States that food production will not be able to keep up with growth in the human population, resulting in disease, famine, war, and calamity.

Question 23

Neo-Malthusians

Answer 23

Advocating control of population growth (as by contraception).

Question 24

Overpopulation

Answer 24

Having more people than a region can support.

Question 25

Physiological Population Density

Answer 25

It measures the total number of people and divides them between the total amount of farmable land.

Question 26

Population Distribution

Answer 26

The pattern of human settlement.

Question 27

Population Density

Answer 27

A measure of the average population per square mile or kilometer of an area.

Question 28

Population Double Time

Answer 28

The amount of time it takes for the population of a region to double.

Question 29

Pronatalist Policies

Answer 29

The policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.

Question 30

Population Pyramid

Answer 30

A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population by age groups and gender; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

Question 31

Potential Workforce

Answer 31

People ages 15-64, the group expected to be the society’s labor force.

Question 32

Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Answer 32

Refers to the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year, divided by the mid-year population of that year, multiplied by a factor (usually 1,000). It is equal to the difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate. This measure of the population change excludes the effects of migration.

Question 33

Social Stratification

Answer 33

The hierarchical division of people into groups based on factors such as economic status, power, and/or ethnicity.

Question 34

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

Answer 34

The total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years and give birth to children in alignment with the prevailing age-specific fertility rates.