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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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