Unit 2, Week 5

Question 1

Distribution

Answer 1

The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface.

Question 2

Population Density

Answer 2

A measurement of the number of persons per unit land area.

Question 3

Concentration

Answer 3

The spread of something over a given area.

Question 4

Fertility

Answer 4

The production of offspring within a population.

Question 5

Mortality

Answer 5

Deaths in a population.

Question 6

CBR

Answer 6

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. Crude Birth Rate.

Question 7

CDR

Answer 7

Crude Death Rate. The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Question 8

Life Expectancy

Answer 8

The average age to which a person in a given population can expect to live. Often indicates country’s level of development.

Question 9

Cohort

Answer 9

A group of individuals of the same age. A generation is about 20-30 years; enough time to be born and start bearing children.

Question 10

Demography

Answer 10

The scientific study of population characteristics.

Question 11

IMR

Answer 11

Infant Mortality Rate. The annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age for every 1,000 live births.

Question 12

TFR

Answer 12

Total Fertility Rate. The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. Often indicates the level of development in a country.

Question 13

NIR

Answer 13

Natural Increase Rate; The percentage growth of a population in a year (CBR-CDR)/10, where birth and death rates are in per thousand.

Question 13

NIR

Answer 13

Natural Increase Rate; The percentage growth of a population in a year (CBR-CDR)/10, where birth and death rates are in per thousand.

Question 14

Baby Boom

Answer 14

In general, an “explosion” in population due to increased births. Specifically in the U.S., it was the increase in births between 1945 and the end of 1964.

Question 15

Maternal Morbidity

Answer 15

“Any health condition attributed to an/or aggravated by pregnancy and childbirth that has a negative impact on a woman’s well-being.”

Question 16

Doubting Time/rule of 70

Answer 16

The number of years needed to double population. The rule of 70 states that in order to estimate the number of years for a variable to double, take the number 70 and divide it by the growth rate of the variable.

Question 17

Dependency Ratio

Answer 17

The ratio of the number of people under 15 and over 64 years to those 15-64 years of age. Assumes the two young/too old to work. Has multiple implications.

Question 18

Demographic Momentum

Answer 18

(population momentum) The tendency for population growth to continue despite stringent family planning programs because of a relatively high concentration of people in the childbearing years.

Question 19

Gen X, Gen Y

Answer 19

Birth dates ranging from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, following the Boomers and before Gen Y (Millennials). Both rate was declining for various cultural reasons. “Latch-key kids”, first generation with both parents working, first with divorced parents.

Question 20

Millenials

Answer 20

Member the generation born between about 1980 and 2000. Population began to rise again after Gen X. Very tech-savvy.

Question 21

Population Pyramid

Answer 21

A a graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.

Question 22

Sex Ratio

Answer 22

The number of males per 100 females in the population. Some Society prefer male children.

Question 23

Demographic Transition Model

Answer 23

A model of all the size of a population changes as a country develops its economy. Characterized by different stages. Tracks birth rate, death rate, and the resulting total population change over time. No country still in Stage 1.

Question 24

Census

Answer 24

A complete enumeration of a population. As per the constitution, done every 10 years. Impacts re-apportionment of Reps. in Congress.

Question 25

Medical Revolution

Answer 25

The diffusion of medical technology from MDC’s to the LDC’s, allowing LDC’s to benefit from advances produced in MCD’s.