Vocab
the movement from one region or place of habitat to another.
Migration
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities
Infastructure
What factors contributed the most to the exponential growth of the human population?
More food, better hygiene
What can a shortage of arable land cause?
Decrease in food supply
What is the main fuel source in the poorest countries?
Wood
is any land capable of being plowed and used to grow crops.
Arable Land
refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas.
Urbanization
What was the cholera outbreak in Lima, Peru caused by?
Lack of clean drinking water
Some less developed countries have tried to directly reduce ____ with advertising and economic incentives
Birth rates
What number is the replacement level number?
Slightly more than 2
Percentage of members of a group that are likely to survive to any given age
Survivorship
is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live
What could possibly be used to alleviate waterborne disease?
Adequate sewage disposal/treatment
Which region of the world are experiencing the biggest increase in population?
Asia
What is the worldwide average life expectancy?
67
Average number of children each parent must have in order to replace themselves
Replacement level
the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
Demography
What type of age structure would a country with a high growth rate have?
More young people than old people
The population of the continent of _____ is expected to shrink by 2050
Europe
Age structure can be graphed in a _________, a type of double sided bar graph.
Population Pyramid
population in terms of individuals of different ages; represented as a bar graph with younger ages at the bottom
Age Structure
is a model used to represent the movement of high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.
Demographic Transition
What does a population pyramid consist of?
A graph of the distribution of ages in a population
What is the fourth stage of demographic transition also called?
Post-Industrial
What are the symptoms of overwhelming population growth?
polluted rivers, inadequate housing, decrease in arable land, overcrowded schools