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Unit 2 Flashcards

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1
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number of males per 100 females

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sex ratio

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2
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when population fertility is just high enough to maintain current population

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replacement fertility

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3
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describes the ages and number of males and females in a given population

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age distribution

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4
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time when humans first domesticated plants and animals

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agricultural revolution

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5
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counts the population of a nation, state, or geographic region

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census

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6
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number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their life

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child mortality rate

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7
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birth control by the use of devices

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contraception

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futurist who believes continued progress and provision of material can be met by advances in technology

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cornucopians

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9
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study patterns and rates of population change

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demography

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10
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projected amount of time it will take for a given population to double

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doubling time

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11
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inhabited land

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ecumene

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12
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medical technology diffused to poorer countries

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medical revolution

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13
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a disease that has spread worldwide

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pandemic

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14
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cluster of people living in the same area

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population agglomerations

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number of people per unit of arable land, suitable for farming

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physiological density

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16
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a sudden increase or burst in the population

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zero population growth

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17
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total number of people divided by the total land area

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arithmetic density

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18
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vertical axis age groups

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cohorts

19
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tool that provides information on birth rates, gender data, how long people live, and economic development

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population pyramid

20
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theory of the relationship between people and the earth

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Malthusian theory

21
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global overpopulation is a serious problem and even greater threat for the future

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neo-malthusian theory

22
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predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop

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epidemiological transition model

23
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total population change = births-deaths+immigrants-emigrants

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demographic equation

24
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people who move out of the country

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emigrants

25
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people who move into the country

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immigrants

26
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number of deaths per year for each 1,000 people

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crude death rate

27
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number of live births per year for each 1,000 people

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crude birth rate

28
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percent at which a country’s population is growing or declining without the impact of migration

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natural increase rate

29
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shows 5 typical stages of population change that countries pass through as they modernize

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demographic transition model

30
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number of children who die before their first birthday

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infant mortality rate

31
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number of years the average person will live

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life expectancy

32
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programs designed to increase fertility rate

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pro-natalism

33
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programs designed to decrease the number of births

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anti-natalism

34
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group expected to be society’s labor force

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potential workforce

35
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too young or too old to work full time

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dependent population

36
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a value comparing the working to nonworking parts of a population

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dependency ratio

37
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average number of children who would be born per woman of that group in a country

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total fertility rate

38
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lower number of births after a boom

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baby bust

39
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spike of birth rate

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baby boom

40
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having more people than it can support

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overpopulation

41
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compares the number of farms to the area of arable lad

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agricultural density

42
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population it can support without significant environmental deterioration

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carrying capacity

43
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land suitable for growing crops

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arable

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