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AP Human Geo Chapter 2 Key Terms

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126387964agricultural densitythe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture
126387965agricultural revolutionthe time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
126387966arithmetic densitythe total number of objects in an area
126387967censusa complete enumeration of a population
126387968crude birth ratethe total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
126387969crude death ratethe total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
126387970demographic transitionthe process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population
126387971demographythe scientific study of a population characteristics
126387972dependency ratiothe number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force
126387973doubling timethe number of years needed to double a population assuming a constant rate of natural increase
126387974ecumenethe portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
126387975epidemiologic transitiondistinctive causes of death in each stage of demographic transition
126387976epidemiologybranch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people
126387977industrial revolutiona series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods
126387978infant mortality ratethe total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in a society
126387979life expectancythe average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is that average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live
126387980medical revolutionmedical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives
126387981natural increase ratethe percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
126387982overpopulationthe number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
126387983pandemicdisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
126387984physiological densitythe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.
126387985population pyramida bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex
126387986sex ratiothe number of males per 100 females in the population
126387987total fertility ratethe average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years
126387988zero population growtha decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero

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