AP Human Geography: People, Place, And Culture Unit 2 & Population Notes
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Population Vocab [13]
Unit 2 Vocabulary - Population 1. Arithmetic density: The total number of people divided by the total land area. Finding population density through the number of people and total land area. 2. Carrying capacity : This is the population level that can be supported, given the quantity of food, habitat, water and other life infrastructure present. How many people an area can support. 3. Demographic momentum: this is the tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution. When a population continues growing even after a fertility decline - allows population to move to next stage of transition.