Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

AP Human Geography

        Help!  

Term
Definition
Demography   show
🗑
Population density   show
🗑
show Number of people per unit area of land. In order to calculate: Divide the population of an area by the amount of land (in sq miles or sq km)  
🗑
show Description of spatial distribution of people, including where large numbers of people live closely together and where few people live  
🗑
Dot maps   show
🗑
show An urban agglomeration that stretches from Washington, D.C. in the south to Boston, Massachusetts in the north  
🗑
show Difference between number of births and deaths in a year. Positive if births exceed deaths and negative if deaths exceed births. It does not include emigration and immigration.  
🗑
show Number of live births per 1000 people among a population in an area in a year.  
🗑
show Number of deaths per 1000 people among a population in an area in a year.  
🗑
Contraceptive prevalence rate   show
🗑
Doubling time   show
🗑
Total fertility rate (TFR)   show
🗑
Old-age dependency ratio   show
🗑
show Number of people between the ages of 0 and 14 for every 100 people between the ages of 15-64 (working age population).  
🗑
Population composition   show
🗑
Population pyramids   show
🗑
Demographic transition   show
🗑
show A state in which a population is maintained at a constant level because the number of deaths is exactly offset by the number of births.  
🗑
Infant mortality rate (IMR)   show
🗑
Life expectancy   show
🗑
Epidemiological transition   show
🗑
Infectious diseases   show
🗑
show Generally long-lasting afflictions, now more common because of longer life expectancies.  
🗑
Genetic or inherited diseases   show
🗑
show Vectored disease spread by a certain type of mosquitoes.  
🗑
show Government policies designed to encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth.  
🗑
show Government policies designed to limit population growth among a certain group of people.  
🗑
show Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural population increase (also called antinatalist)  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: pl233832
Popular AP Human Geography sets