unit 2 vocab quiz 2 Flashcards
the ability of a person or a group of people to have babies (how many children someone can potentially have)
fecundity
how long it takes for something like population or finances to double.
doubling time
high birth rates and high death rates, resulting in low population
stage one dtm
high birth rates but rapidly declining death rates, leading to high population growth
stage 2 dtm
declining birth rates and low death rates, causing population growth to stabilize
stage 3 dtm
low birth rates and low death rates, resulting in a stable population size
stage 4 dtm
very low birth rates and slightly increasing death rates, leading to a declining population
stage 5 dtm
the causes of death in each of the demographic transition models
epidemiological transition model
people that believe in malthus ideas in todays time (population growth > food supply)
neo malthusians
believes that as populations grow, societies adapt by intensifying agricultural practices to meet increasing food demands
esther boserup
seek to reduce the rate of natural increase (decreasing number of births in a population)
anti natalist population policy
trying to manipulate who has babies with who
eugenic population policy
set up by the government with the purpose of influencing people to have more babies to increase birth rate
pro natalist population policy
limiting the amount of children a family can have
one child policy
person that believed the theory that population was growing faster than food production
malthus
