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AP Human Geography Population Flashcards

These are the vocabulary words from Rubenstein's AP Human Geography textbook.
Chapter-1: Thinking Geographically
Chapter-2: Population
Chapter-3: Migration
Chapter-4: Folk and popular culture
Chapter-5: Language
Chapter-6: Religion
Chapter-7: Ethnicity
Chapter-8: Political Geography
Chapter-9: Development
Chapter-10: Agriculture
Chapter-11: Industry
Chapter-12: Services
Chapter-13: Urban Patterns
Chapter-14: Resource Issues

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9682358942agricultural revolutionthe development of farming0
9682358943arithmetic densityThe total number of people divided by the total land area1
9682358944CensusA complete enumeration of a population2
9682358945Crude Birth Rate (CBR)The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society3
9682358946Crude Death Rate (CDR)The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a society4
9682358947Demographic Transitionthe process of change in a society's population as a combination of medical advances and economic development, affecting a population's desire and ability to control its own birth and death rates5
9682358948Demographythe scientific study of population characteristics6
9682358949Dependency ratiothe number of people under 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people in the workforce7
9682358950Doubling Timethe number of years it takes for an area's population to double8
9682358951Ecumenethe portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement9
9682358952Epidemiological transitionThe a distinctive cause of death in each stage of the demographic transition. Explains how countries' population change.10
9682358953Infant Mortality RateThe total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a society11
9682358954Life ExpectancyThe average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social, medical, and economic conditions.12
9682358955Medical Revolutionmedical technology from Europe and North America that was used to eliminate many diseases in the developing world13
9682358956MegalopolisTerm used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world.14
9682358957Natural Increase Rate (NIR)The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate (NIR=CBR-CDR)15
9682358958Overpopulationa situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living16
9682358959Physiological DensityThe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture17
9682358960Population CompositionStructure of population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education18
9682358961Population DensityA measurement of the number of people per given unit of land19
9682358962Population DistributionDescription of locations on Earth's surface where populations live20
9682358963Population PyramidA bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex21
9682358964Sex ratiothe ratio of men to women22
9682358965Standard of livingGoods and services and their distribution within a population23
9682358966Total Fertility Rate (TFR)The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.24
9682358967Zero population growth (ZPG)A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.25
9682358968Agricultural DensityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.26
9682358969Major Population Clusters -- East Asia1/4 global population: East China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan27
9682358970Major Population Clusters -- South Asia1/4 of global population: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka28
9682358971Major Population Clusters -- Southeast Asia600 million people: Indonesia, Philippines, and the river deltas of the Indochina peninsula29
9682358972Major Population Clusters -- Europe600 million people: 50 countries mostly clustered in Western Europe in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France30
9682358973Industrial Revolutiona series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered society31
9682358974Thomas Malthus(1766-1834) An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in food production, which would lead to widespread famine and disease.32
9682358975One Child PolicyChinese policy used to control population growth which began in the 1980's and restricted families to having only one child.33
9682358976Family PlanningThe practice of controlling the number and frequency of children conceived usually through the use of contraception or voluntary sterilization.34
9682358977Sterilizationany process that eliminates a person's ability to produce children35
9682358978EpidemiologyThe branch of medical science that is concerned with identifying, fighting, and preventing disease.36
9682358979PandemicDisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.37
9682358980Dr. John Snow(1813-1858) English physician who used hand-drawn data layering on maps of London to identify and treat a cholera epidemic38
9682358981Sustainabilitythe level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources39

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