Population growth in china: keywords Flashcards
What is a birth rate?
Number of children born per 1000 per year
What is a death rate?
Number of deaths per 1000 per year
What is life expectancy?
The expected number of years an individual will live until
What is Population distribution?
How the population is spread over an area
What is population density?
The average number of people living within a square kilometre
What is a development indicator ?
A statistic which provides information on a country’s level of development
What is a tertiary job ?
Also called the service sector and involves the selling of services and skills.
What is a quaternary job?
Industries providing information services, such as computing, ICT.
What does sustainable mean?
Able to be maintained at a certain growth.
What is rural-urban migration?
The movement of people from a rural area to and urban area.
What is transnational corporation
(TNC)?
Companies that operate in more than one country.
What is an ageing population?
The growing number of elderly people compared to the working population.
What is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) ?
A region / area that has different laws set by the government, compared to the rest of the country.
What is exploitation?
Taking advantage of someone or a group of people in order to make larger profits or benefits.
What is HydroElectric Power (HEP) ?
A form of energy that uses the power of water in motion to generate electricity.
