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Human Geography AP Population Terms

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The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering( began 10,000 years ago)
The total number of people divided by the total land area.
Is the complete enumeration of a population
Is the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive.
Is the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people in a society
Traces changing levels of fertility and mortality pressumably associated with industrialization and urbanization
Is the scientific (organized and formal way of looking at population) study of population
The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compares to the number of people active in the labor force.
The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
Is the portion of the Earth's surface occupied by non permanent human settlement
The change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
The number of babies that die per 1,000 babies in one year
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives.
Is the percentage by which a populations grows in a year without including immagration * this is computed by subtracting the CDR from the CBR after changing them from 1,000 to 100.
Is when consumption of natural resources by people outstrip the ability of a natural region to replace those natural resources
Is the number of people supported by a unit area of arable land in a region
Is the inverted bar graphs that show a wide population base(younger pop.) with a narrow top (older pop.)
The number of males per 100 females in the population.
The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.(14/15-45/49)
Is when CBR & CDR are equal & NIR is zero, or CBR is slightly higher than CDR (because some females die before they have children). A TFR of 2.1 produces ZPG.
Simply record the frequency of occurrence of an event during a given time frame for a designated population
Refer data to a population group unified by a specified common characteristics

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