AP HUMAN GEO
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| Demography | The study of general population trends.
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| Population Density | The number of people per the area of land.
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| Arithmetic Population Density | The calculation of the number of people per area unit of land
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| Population Distribution | The 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 | Thematic map where individual symbols represent a certain number of cases of a phenomenon.
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| Megalopolis | An urban agglomeration that stretches from Washington, DC in the south to Boston, Massachusetts in the north.
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| Natural Increase Rate | The difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate.
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| Crude Birth rate (CBR) | Number of live births per 1000 people in a population area in the span of 1 year.
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| Crude Death Rate (CDR) | Number of deaths per 1000 people in a population area in the span of 1 year.
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| Contraceptive Prevalence Rate | Percent of women who are currently using or have a sexual partner who is using a method of protection.
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| Doubling Time | Time required for a population to double in size.
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| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) | The average number of children born to a woman at the age to be able to bear a child.
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| Old-age Dependency Ratio | Number of people 65 years of age or older for every 100 people between the ages of 15-64 (working age population)
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| Population Composition | Structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties such as marital status and education.
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| Population Pyramids | A graphic representation of the age and sex composition of a population.
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| Demographic Transition | Observation that a country's birth rate and death rate change in predictable ways over stages of economic development.
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| Zero Population Growth | 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) | Probability per 1000 live births. that a child will die before the age of 1
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| Life Expectancy | The average number of years a person is expected to live
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| Epidemiological Transition | Change in the pattern of mortality in a society from high mortality among infants and periods of widespread famine to high mortality from degenerative diseases which coincide with longer life expectancies.
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| Infectious Diseases | Diseases that are spread by bacteria, viruses, or parasites.
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| Degenerative Diseases | Long lasting afflictions
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| Genetic or Inherited Diseases | Diseases caused by variation or mutation of a gene or group of genes in humans.
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| Malaria | Vectored disease spread by a certain type of mosquitos.
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| Expansive Population Policies | Government policies designed to encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth,
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| Eugenic Population Policies | Government policies designed to limit population growth among a certain group of people
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| Restrictive Population Policies | Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural population increase.
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