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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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7705732537agricultural revolutionthe development of farming0
7705732538arithmetic densityThe total number of people divided by the total land area1
7705732539CensusA complete enumeration of a population2
7705732540Crude Birth Rate (CBR)The number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society3
7705732541Crude Death Rate (CDR)The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people alive in a society4
7705732542Demographic 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
7705732543Demographythe scientific study of population characteristics6
7705732544Dependency ratiothe number of people under 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people in the workforce7
7705732545Doubling Timethe number of years it takes for an area's population to double8
7705732546Ecumenethe portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement9
7705732547Epidemiologic transitionThe epidemiologic transition is that process by which the pattern of mortality and disease is transformed from one of high mortality among infants and children and episodic famine and epidemic affecting all age groups to one of degenerative and man-made diseases (such as those attributed to smoking) affecting principally the elderly.10
7705732548Infant Mortality RateThe total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old per 1000 live births in a society11
7705732549Life ExpectancyThe average number of years an individual can be expected to live given current social, medical, and economic conditions.12
7705732550Medical Revolutionmedical technology from Europe and North America that was used to eliminate many diseases in the developing world13
7705732551MegalopolisTerm used to designate large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world.14
7705732552Natural 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
7705732553Overpopulationa 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
7705732554Physiological DensityThe number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture17
7705732555Population CompositionStructure of population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education18
7705732556Population DensityA measurement of the number of people per given unit of land19
7705732557Population DistributionDescription of locations on Earth's surface where populations live20
7705732558Population PyramidA bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex21
7705732559Sex ratiothe ratio of men to women22
7705732560Standard of livingGoods and services and their distribution within a population23
7705732561Total Fertility Rate (TFR)The average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.24
7705732562Zero population growth (ZPG)A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.25
7705732563Agricultural DensityThe ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture (arable land).26
7705732564Major Population Clusters -- East Asia1/4 global population: East China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan27
7705732565Major Population Clusters -- South Asia1/4 of global population: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka28
7705732566Major Population Clusters -- Southeast Asia600 million people: Indonesia, Philippines, and the river deltas of the Indochina peninsula29
7705732567Major Population Clusters -- Europe600 million people: 50 countries mostly clustered in Western Europe in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France30
7705732568Industrial Revolutiona series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods and drastically altered society31
7705732569Thomas 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
7705732570One Child PolicyChinese policy used to control population growth which began in the 1980's and restricted families to having only one child.33
7705732571Family PlanningThe practice of controlling the number and frequency of children conceived usually through the use of contraception or voluntary sterilization.34
7705732572Sterilizationany process that eliminates a person's ability to produce children35
7705732573EpidemiologyThe branch of medical science that is concerned with identifying, fighting, and preventing disease.36
7705732574PandemicDisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.37
7705732576Sustainabilitythe level of development that can be maintained without depleting resources38

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