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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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7694810975arithmetic densityThe total number of people divided by the total land area0
7694810976CensusA complete enumeration of a population1
7694810977Crude Birth Rate (CBR)The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society2
7694810978Crude Death Rate (CDR)The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a society3
7694810979Demographic 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 rates4
7694810981Dependency ratiothe number of people under 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people in the workforce5
7694810982Doubling Timethe number of years it takes for an area's population to double6
7694810983Ecumenethe portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement7
7694810984Epidemiological transitionThe a distinctive cause of death in each stage of the demographic transition. Explains how countries' population change.8
7694810985Infant Mortality RateThe total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a society9
7694810986Life ExpectancyThe average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social, medical, and economic conditions.10
7694810987Medical Revolutionmedical technology from Europe and North America that was used to eliminate many diseases in the developing world11
7694810989Natural 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)12
7694810990Overpopulationa situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living13
7694810991Physiological DensityThe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture14
7694810993Population DensityA measurement of the number of people per given unit of land15
7694810994Population DistributionDescription of locations on Earth's surface where populations live16
7694810995Population PyramidA bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex17
7694810996Sex ratiothe ratio of men to women18
7694810998Total Fertility Rate (TFR)The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years. TFR for the world is about 2.5 TFR is over 5 in sub-Saharan Africa and lower than 2 in most of Europe TFR of 2.1 is called replacement rate19
7694810999Zero population growth (ZPG)A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.20
7694811000Agricultural DensityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.21
7694811005Industrial Revolutiona series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered society22
7694811006Thomas 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.23
7694811007One Child PolicyChinese policy used to control population growth which began in the 1980's and restricted families to having only one child.24
7694811010EpidemiologyThe branch of medical science that is concerned with identifying, fighting, and preventing disease.25
7694811011PandemicDisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.26
7694811013Sustainabilitythe level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources27
7694870755Carrying CapacityLargest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support28
7694875305MortalityDeath rate29
7694878972Neo-MalthusiansContemporary believers in Thomas Malthus. Advances in medical care have led to a population explosion in less developed countries. Competition for resources will lead to migration. Sustainable growth can be achieved through birth control and education.30

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