AP Huge Chapter 2 Flashcards

Ap Human Geography Population

7405736120	Carrying Capacity	largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support. Sentence: If the population of the US doubled over, the ________ would be exceeded because there are not enough resources for all those people.	0
7405736122	Demographic Equation	The formula that calculates population change. The formula finds the increase (or decrease) in a population. The formula is found by doing births minus deaths plus (or minus) net migration. This is important because it helps to determine which stage in the demographic transition model a country is in. Births-Deaths+Immigration-Emigration	1
7405736123	Demographic Momentum	this is the tendency for growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution. This is important because once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic transition model. Example: If there were 3 million babies in the US, 30 years from then there will be about 3 million 30 year olds.	2
7405736125	Dependency Ratio	The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compares to the number of people active in the labor force. Sentence: If a country has a very high ______ that country is likely to be unsuccessful.	3
7405736127	Disease Diffusion	There are two types, contagious and hierarchical. Hierarchical is along high density areas that spread from urban to rural areas. Contagious is spread through the density of people. This is important in determining how the disease spread so you can predict how it will spread. Ex. Smallpox, malaria, etc.	4
7405736128	Ecumene	The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.	5
7405736131	Infant Mortality Rate	the death rate during the first year of life. high in places such as Africa because many of the children die of malaria, AIDS, or hunger.	6
7405736132	J-Curve	A growth curve that depicts exponential growth.	7
7405736134	Malthus, Thomas	Was one of the first to argue that the worlds rate of population increase was far outrunning the development of food population. This is important because he brought up the point that we may be outrunning our supplies because of our exponentially growing population.	8
7405736135	Mortality	the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area. Sentence: _____ is higher in places with war, disease, etc.	9
7405736136	Natality	the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area. Sentence: The _____ is lower in places with restrictive population policies.	10
7405736137	Neo-Malthusian	Advocacy of population control programs to ensure enough resources for current and future populations.	11
7405736138	Overpopulation	The number of a people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living. Sentence: ______ is an issue in China.	12
7405736139	Population Projection	a statement of a population's future size, age, and sex composition based on the application of stated assumptions to current data. Sentence: The _____ is a mere estimate of the future populations.	13
7405736140	Rate of Natural Increase	birth rate minus the death rate, suggesting the annual rate of population growth without considering net migration. Fact: DOES NOT INCLUDE EMIGRATION OR IMMIGRATION!!!!	14
7405736141	S-Curve	a curve that depicts logistic growth; shape of an "S"	15
7405736142	Sex Ratio	The number of males per 100 females in the population. Ex. 8 males/6 Females	16
7405736144	Sustainability	the ability to meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs Sentence: If the poulation is to keep _____, natural resource useage should be lowered.	17
7405736145	Underpopulation	Measure that is difficult to pinpoint; occurs when a population size is below its carrying capacity and cannot sustain economic development it has reached. Sentence: Many problems come with ______. One of these is that there are not enough people for the dependent age groups to depend on for work force.	18
7405736146	Zero Population Growth	A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero. Ex: If too many restrictive population policies are made, this could happen.	19
7405736147	Population Density	A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land. Sentence: The ________ is extreeeemely high in China.	20
7405736148	Arithmetic Population Density	the population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area. The figure is derived by dividing the population of the areal unit by the number of square kilometers or miles that make up the unit.	21
7405736149	Physiological Population Density	The number of people per unit of arable land. Sentence: The ______ is lower than other population density because it is farmlands, which don't have large, busy megalopolis' or urban areas.	22
7405736150	Population Distribution	Variation of population density over a particular geographic area. For example, a country has a high population density in its urban areas and a much lower population density in rural areas.	23
7405736153	Census	a periodic and official count of a country's population. Sentence: The US _____ comes out every year with many questions to find percentages in that country.	24
7405736154	Doubling Time	The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase. Sentence: It takes many many years for the ______ to be reached.	25
7405736155	Population Explosion	the rapid growth of the world's human population during the past century, attended by ever-shorter doubling times and accelerating rates of increase. Ex. Baby Boom!	26
7405736156	Crude Birth Rate	The number of live births per year per 1,000 people.	27
7405736157	Crude Death Rate	The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.	28
7405736158	Demographic Transition Model	Has 4 steps. Stage 1 is low growth (low stationary), Stage 2 is High Growth (early expanding), Stage 3 is Moderate Growth (late expanding), and Stage 4 is Low Growth (low stationary), and Stage 5 although not officially a stage is a possible stage that includes zero or negative population growth. This is important because this is the way our country and others countries around the world are transformed from a less developed country to a more developed country.	29
7405736159	Stationary Population Level	the level at which a national population ceases to grow.	30
7405736160	Population Compostion	a population's makeup in terms of age,sex and other properties such as martial status and education Ex. If the population has 3 girls and 4 boys, that is part of the ____	31
7405736161	Population Pyramid	A model used in population geography to show the age and sex distribution of a particular population.	32
7405736162	Child Mortality Rate	A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population	33
7405736163	Life Expectancy	The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. This at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live. Sentence: This is higher in more developed countries than periphery countries.	34
7405736166	Expansive Population Policies	Government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth. Sentence: Countries with underpopulation might use these.	35
7405736167	Eugenic Population Policies	Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others. Ex. China	36
7405736168	Restrictive Population Policies	Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase. Example: Countries that pass laws that force the population to use contraceptives.	37
7405745321	Demography	the statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution	38