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Ch 2: Population

Population

Question	Answer
the study of human populations	demography
the number of people per unit of measurement	population density
you get this by dividing population by land area	arithmetic density
you get this by dividing population by arable land area	physiologic density
where people live	population distribution
land that is suitable for agriculture	arable land
a large area of the world that has a lot of people and high population density	population cluster
term used to describe a large urban area comprised of several cities that have grown together	megalopolis
region for which the term megalopolis was created	eastern US
the feared result of rapid population growth exceeding food supplies. Paul Ehrlich coined the term	population bomb
writer that first raised concerns about population growth in 1798	Thomas Malthus
according to Malthus, how population grows	exponentially
according to Malthus, how food supply grows	linearly
term for the extremely rapid population growth during the 19th and 20th centuries	population explosion
period during which chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and hybrid seed varieties enabled food production to increase exponentially	green revolution
the percent by which a population increases from year to year	population growth rate
the number of babies born per 1000 people in a society	crude birth rate
the number of deaths per 1000 people in a given year	crude death rate
population growth expressed using only births and deaths	rate of natural increase
migration into a country	immigration
migration out of a country	emigration
immigration minus emigration	net migration rate
the average number of babies born per woman	total fertility rate
the TFR needed for a population to sustain itself	replacement rate
what happens when TFR and net migration drop too low	negative population growth
the number of years it takes for a population to double at a given growth rate	doubling time
the number of people over 65 per 100 youths under 15 in a society	aging index
the tendency for population to stabilize as a country develops economically	demographic transition
term for the situation in which birth rates roughly equal death rates	stationary population level
a country that is wealthy and whose citizens have access to all modern conveniences	developed state
a country that is poorer and in which many citizens do not have access to modern conveniences	developing state
the age and gender breakdown of a population	population composition
graphic that shows the population composition for a given place	population pyramid
the ratio of providers and dependents in a society	dependency ratio
someone who is unable to provide for him/herself	dependent
someone who earns money and contributes to the care of others	provider
the number of people in a society who are willing and able to work	workforce
policies which encourage people to have more children	pronatalist policies
policies which discourage people from having lots of children	antinatalist policies
policies which encourage some people to have children while discouraging others	eugenic policies
things that encourage people to do something (such as have children)	incentives
China's famous population control strategy	one-child policy
the ratio of women to men in a country	gender ratio

Created by: rowej78

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