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| 7502856688 | Demography | study of population | 0 | |
| 7502859964 | Population Density | measure of the total population relative to land size | 1 | |
| 7509402954 | Arithmetic Population Density | derived by dividing the population by the number of square miles (total area) | 2 | |
| 7502864140 | Physiological Population Density | number of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land | 3 | |
| 7502867765 | Population Distribution | descriptions of locations on the earth's surface where individuals or groups live | 4 | |
| 7502876681 | Dot Maps | a map that represents population distribution | 5 | |
| 7502879871 | Megalopolis | huge urban agglomoration and major focus of North America's population (20%) | 6 | |
| 7502885754 | Census | population count | 7 | |
| 7502889119 | Doubling Time | the time required for a population to double in size | 8 | |
| 7502892562 | Population Explosion | the rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century | 9 | |
| 7502895921 | Natural Increase | the difference between the number of births and number of deaths | 10 | |
| 7502899552 | Crude Birth Rate | the number of live births per year per 1000 people | 11 | |
| 7502902987 | Crude Death Rate | the number of deaths per year per 1000 people | 12 | |
| 7502909540 | Demographic Transition | shift in population growth | 13 | |
| 7502911767 | Stationary Population Level | level at which the national population ceases to grow | 14 | |
| 7502925127 | TFR | Total Fertility Rate (must be 2.1 per woman of childbearing age) | 15 | |
| 7502930212 | Replacement Level | the level at which a population remains stable without immigration | 16 | |
| 7536713030 | Population Composition | structure of a population in terms of age sex, marital status and education | 17 | |
| 7536772527 | Population Pyramid | displays the percentages of each age group (male and female) | 18 | |
| 7536848344 | Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) | a figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population | 19 | |
| 7537081912 | Child Mortality Rate (CMR) | a figure that describes the number of children that die between the ages of 1-5 | 20 | |
| 7537088536 | Life Expectancy | the number of years, on average, someone may expect to remain alive | 21 | |
| 7537101220 | Infectious Diseases | result from an invasion of parasites and their multiplication in the body (malaria) | 22 | |
| 7537110276 | Chronic (Degenerative) Diseases | result from the maladies of longevity or old age (heart disease) | 23 | |
| 7537119343 | Genetic (Inherited) Diseases | can be traced to our ancestry (hemophilia) | 24 | |
| 7537125469 | Endemic | a disease that prevails over a small area | 25 | |
| 7549933690 | Expansive Population Policies | encourage large families and raise the rate of natural increase | 26 | |
| 7549941903 | Eugenic Population Policies | designed to favor one racial or cultural sector of the population over others | 27 | |
| 7549950408 | Restrictive Population Policies | range from toleration of officially unapproved means of birth control to prohibition of large families | 28 | |
| 7549963647 | One-Child Policy | instituted in China in the 1970s to drastically reduce the growth rate | 29 | |
| 7584520860 | Japan | a country whose population is declining as it ages, encourages homogeneity and resists immigration | 30 | |
| 7584594744 | Egypt | a country where population density is misleading because most of the people are clustered near the Nile River Valley | 31 | |
| 7585696708 | Eurasia | the landmass on which the world's 3 largest population concentrations are found (Europe, East Asia, South Asia) | 32 | |
| 7585724418 | Yellow and Yangtze Rivers | the 2 river valleys in China that boast a high population density, where farmers produce food for the major cities | 33 | |
| 7585741770 | Ganges River | the river valley in India that boasts the greatest population density | 34 | |
| 7585908511 | Europe | the continent on which a high % of people live in cities and towns oriented to coal fields | 35 | |
| 7585945708 | Malthusianism | population principle that states while food supplies grown linearly, the population grows exponentially | 36 | |
| 7585994537 | sterilization | India used this method (among males) to reduce population growth rates in the 1970s | 37 | |
| 7586020895 | Vectored | a disease which is transmitted by an intermediary from host to victim | 38 | |
| 7586056830 | Evergreen Tree | the shape of a population pyramid of poorer countries where birth and death rates remain high | 39 |
