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AP Human Geo

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show The study of statistics such as birth, death, and income  
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show Number of people per unit area of land.  
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show Number of people per unit area of land. To calculate: Divide the population of an area by the amount of land (in sq miles or sq km)  
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show Description of spatial distribution of people, including where large numbers of people live closely together and where few people live  
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Dot maps   show
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show An urban agglomeration that stretches from Washington, DC in the south to Boston, Massachusetts in the north.  
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Natural increase rate   show
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Crude birth rate (CBR)   show
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show Number of deaths per 1000 people among a population in an area in a year.  
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show Percent of women who are currently using or have a sexual partner who is using a method of contraception.  
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Doubling time   show
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Total fertility rate (TFR)   show
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Old-age dependency ratio   show
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show Number of people between the ages of 0 and 14 for every 100 people between the ages of 15-64 (working age population).  
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Population composition   show
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show A graphic representation of the age and sex composition of a population.  
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show Observation that a country’s birth rate and death rate change in predictable ways over stages of economic development. Model is based on population change in western Europe.  
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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.  
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Infant mortality rate (IMR)   show
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show The average age of death for a population in a given area.  
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show Change in the pattern of mortality in a society from high mortality among infants (including malnutrition and diarrheal disease) and periods of widespread famine to high mortality from degenerative diseases which coincide with longer life expectancies.  
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Infectious diseases   show
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show Change in the pattern of mortality in a society from high mortality among infants (including malnutrition and diarrheal disease) and periods of widespread famine to high mortality from degenerative diseases which coincide with longer life expectancies.  
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show Diseases caused by variation or mutation of a gene or group of genes in humans.  
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Malaria   show
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show Government policies designed to encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth.  
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show Government policies designed to limit population growth among a certain group of people.  
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show Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural population increase (also called antinatalist).  
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