Vocab Unit 2 No. 2

Question 0

measure of the number of deaths in a population scaled to the size of the population per unit of time

Answer 0

mortality rate

Question 1

total number of births per 1000 of a population each year

Answer 1

birthrate

Question 2

average number of children that would be born to a woman in her lifetime

Answer 2

fertility rate

Question 3

number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1000 live births in that same year

Answer 3

infant mortality rate

Question 4

crude birth rate minus the crude death rate of a population

Answer 4

rate of natural increase

Question 5

graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population

Answer 5

population pyramid

Question 6

measurement of population per unit

Answer 6

population density

Question 7

maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available

Answer 7

carrying capacity

Question 8

study of areas with a high concentration of buildings and infrastructure

Answer 8

urban geography

Question 9

relatively large and permanent settlement

Answer 9

city

Question 10

development next to a city or next to another that’s next to a city
ie flo mo

Answer 10

suburb

Question 11

cities + suburbs + exurbs

ie dfw

Answer 11

metropolitan area

Question 12

more and more people moving into cities

Answer 12

urbanization

Question 13

heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor

Answer 13

slum

Question 14

commercial core of city

newer towns call it downtown

Answer 14

central business district (cbd)