Unit II

Question 1

ecumene

Answer 1

area of earth’s surface for permanent human settlement

Question 2

non-ecumene

Answer 2

where people can’t live (too high, too dry, too wet & too cold)

Question 3

arithmetic density

Answer 3

people per unit of all land (total people/total land)

Question 4

physiological density

Answer 4

people per unit of arable land (total people/arable land)

Question 5

agricultural density

Answer 5

farmers per unit of arable land (total farmers/arable land)

Question 6

demographics

Answer 6

the study of people

Question 7

carrying capacity

Answer 7

how many people a given area can hold based on their resources

Question 8

dependency rate

Answer 8

amount of people with ages from 0-15 & 65-up

Question 9

population pyramids

Answer 9

x axis is the gender ratio, y axis is age-males on left & females on right

Question 10

MDC (more (most) developed countries)

Answer 10

population pyramids look boxy

Question 11

LDC (less developed country)

Answer 11

wide base & narrow top (looks liks an actual pyramid)

Question 12

upside-down population pyramid

Answer 12

their population is going to decline & die

Question 13

ETM (epidemilogical transition model)

Answer 13

a model used by geographers to identify the causes of death in each stage of the DTM

Question 14

stage 1

Answer 14

pestilence and famine (the plague & great potato famine)

Question 15

stage 2

Answer 15

receding pandemic (john snow and cholera)

Question 16

stage 3

Answer 16

degenerative diseases (cancer

Question 17

stage 4

Answer 17

delayed degenerative diseases (heart’s disease & alzheimer’s)

Question 18

stage 5

Answer 18

drug resistant disease (zika, ebola, COVID)