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Population and Health - AP Human Geography, Chapter 2, Rubenstein

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Agricultural density   show
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Arithmetic density   show
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show A complete enumeration of a population + the most important data tool for geographers. Controversial bc of nonparticipation (homeless + undocumented immigrants are less likely to take it) + sampling (you can't use census to redraw political boundaries)  
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Crude death rate (CDR)   show
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show The process of change in a society's population from high birth and death rates and a low NIR to low birth and death rates, a low NIR, and higher total population  
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Demography   show
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show The number of people under 15 or over 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force  
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show The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant NIR  
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Ecumene   show
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show Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition  
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Epidemiology   show
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Industrial Revolution   show
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Infant mortality rate   show
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show The average number of years a person can be expected to love, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. (Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn can be expected to live.)  
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Medical revolution   show
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Natural increase rate (NIR)   show
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Overpopulation   show
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Pandemic   show
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show The number of people per unit of arable land  
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Population pyramid   show
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Sex ratio   show
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Total fertility rate (TFR)   show
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Zero population growth (ZPG)   show
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show The total number of live births per 1,000 living people  
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show Low growth: hunting and gathering, high CBRs and CDRs, population increased when food was easily obtained, no full nation is in this stage  
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Demographic transition stage 2   show
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show Decreasing growth: death rates stay low, and birth rates begin to drop  
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Demographic transition stage 4   show
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Epidemiological transition stage 1   show
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show Receding pandemics (rapidly declining CDR): improved sanitation, nutrition, and medicine during the Industrial Revolution  
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Epidemiological transition stage 3   show
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Epidemiological transition stage 4   show
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Epidemiological transition stage 5   show
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