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AP Human Geography Population Flashcards

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8907518757CensusA complete enumeration of a population0
8907518758Demographic Transitionthe process of change in a society's population1
8907518759Demographythe scientific study of population characteristics2
8907518760Infant Mortality Ratenumber of deaths in a year among infants under one year old per 10003
8907518761Natural Increase Rate (NIR)The percentage growth of a population in a year (CBR-CDR)4
8907518762Physiological Population Densitypeople per arable land5
8907518763Population CompositionStructure of population in terms of age, sex6
8907518764Population Pyramidrepresents the distribution of population by age and sex7
8907518765Total Fertility Rate (TFR)The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.8
8907518766Zero population growth (ZPG)A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.9
8907518767Thomas Malthusfirst to recognize population would outgrow food10
8907518769Sustainabilitythe level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources11
8907518770Stable Population Levelstable fertility and death rates12
8907518771Carrying CapacityThe largest population that an area can support13
8907518772doubling timeBR-DR/10=# 70/#14
89075187735 stages of demographic transition1 - lots of births and lots of deaths 2 - birth stays, death drops 3 - birth drops, death stays 4 - low birth, low death 5 - birth rates drop below replacement level15
8907518774age distributionproportion of people with different ages16
8907518775restrictive policyenforces smaller families17
89075187765 stages of epidemiological transition1 - Pestilence 2 - receding pandemics 3 - degenerative diseases 4 - delayed degenerative diseases 5 - reemergence of infectious diseases18
8907518777epidemiological transitiontransferring of mortality, disease19
8907518778sex rationumber of males per 100 females20

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