Unit 2: Population

Question 1

Physiological Density

Answer 1

Total number of people per unit of arable (fertile) land

Question 2

Arithmetic Density

Answer 2

Total number of people per unit area of land (also called crude density)

Question 3

Agricultural Density

Answer 3

Total number of farmers per unit of arable land

Question 4

CBR

Answer 4

Crude Birth Rate - Number of births in a given year per 1,000 people in a given population

Question 5

CDR

Answer 5

Crude Death Rate - Number of deaths in a give year per 1,000 people in a given population

Question 6

NIR

Answer 6

Natural Increase Rate -

Question 7

TFR

Answer 7

Total Fertility Rate - the average number of children one woman in a given country or regions will have during her childbearing years

Question 8

ZPG

Answer 8

Zero Population Growth - When there is no net change; # of births (and immigrants) = # of deaths (and emigrants)

Question 9

Doubling Time

Answer 9

Number of years in which a population growing at a certain rate would double

Question 10

Dependency Ratio

Answer 10

Number of people in a dependent age group (under 15 or 65 +) divided by the number of people in the working-age group (ages 15 to 64) multiplied by 100

Question 11

Demographic Momentum

Answer 11

Tendency for a growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline due to their young age distribution.

Question 12

Ecumene

Answer 12

Land that is permanently populated by human society