Unit 2 Population Part Review

Question 1

Anthropocene

Answer 1

The period in which human activities have had the dominant influence on the environment.

Question 2

Demography

Answer 2

The statistical study of population and its change.

Question 3

Eurasia

Answer 3

A massive piece of land on Earth that consists of Europe and Asia.

Question 4

Metacity

Answer 4

A city with more than 20 million residents

Question 5

Megacity

Answer 5

A city with more than 10 million residents

Question 6

Developed (Industrialized country)

Answer 6

A country with an advanced economy and a high standard of living

Question 7

Snow Belt

Answer 7

States located in the northern and Midwestern parts of the country

Question 8

Sun Belt

Answer 8

States in the coastal areas and the South and Southwest

Question 9

Mean center of population*

Answer 9

The balancing point given the distribution of population

Question 10

Elevation

Answer 10

The distance above sea level

Question 11

Population Density *

Answer 11

The average number of people per unit of land area

Question 12

Arithmetic (crude) density

Answer 12

The average number of people per unit of land (usually per square mile or kilometer)

Question 13

Physiological density

Answer 13

The average number of people per unit area (a square mile or kilometer or ARABLE land)

Question 14

Arable land

Answer 14

Land suitable for cultivation

Question 15

Agricultural density

Answer 15

The number of farmers per unit of arable land.

Question 16

Carrying capacity

Answer 16

The number of people a particular environment or Earth as a whole can support on a sustainable basis.

Question 17

Population composition

Answer 17

The makeup of the population by age and sex as well as by ethnic, racial, income, and educational background.

Question 18

Age structure

Answer 18

Refers to the breakdown of a population into different age groups or cohorts.

Question 19

Dependency ratio

Answer 19

The number of dependents in a population, that each 100 working-age people (ages 15-64) must support

Question 20

Youth dependency ratio

Answer 20

The number of young dependents in a population (usually people younger than 15 years of age) that every 100 working-age people must support

Question 21

Elderly dependency ratio

Answer 21

The number of elderly dependents in a population (usually people older than 64 years of age) that every 100 working-age people must support.

Question 22

Generations

Answer 22

Groups of people who were born around the same time and share some common traits due to the cultural and societal influences they shared as they grew up.

Question 23

Baby Boomers

Answer 23

People born from 1946 to 1964 during the post- World War 2 uptick in birth rate

Question 24

Generation X

Answer 24

People born between 1965 and 1980 and are now in their prime working years.

Question 25

Generation Y

Answer 25

People who were born between 1981 and 2000; often referred to as millennial

Question 26

Generation Z

Answer 26

People born after the turn of the twenty-first century

Question 27

Sex Ratio

Answer 27

The ratio of the number of men to number of women in a population

Question 28

Androcentrism

Answer 28

A phenomenon in which a culture demonstrates a marked preference for males.

Question 29

Infanticide

Answer 29

The practice of killing infants

Question 30

Population pyramid

Answer 30

A very useful graphic device for comparing age and sex structure