POPULATION BASICS
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE AN AREA CAN SUPPORT
WHAT IS A CARRYING CAPACITY?
THE TERM FOR THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN A YEAR PER 1,000 PEOPLE
CRUDE BIRTH RATE
THE STAGE OF THE DTM WHERE BIRTH RATES REMAIN HIGH WHILE DEATH RATES BEGIN TO FALL, CAUSING RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
WHAT IS STAGE 2?
THE TERM FOR A GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN
WHAT IS PRO-NATALIST?
While site refers to a location's internal physical features like climate or elevation; this concept refers to a place's location relative to surrounding features, transport routes, or other places.
What is situation?
THE TERM FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER SQUARE UNIT OF LAND?
WHAT IS POPULATION DENSITY?
WHEN A COUNTRY'S BIRTH RATE IS HIGH AND DEATH RATE IS LOW, THIS HAPPENS TO ITS POPULATION
IT GROWS RAPIDLY
WHAT CAN A SHARP NARROWING AT THE BASE OF A POPULATION PYRAMID TELL US ABOUT A COUNTRY’S BIRTH RATE?
THAT BIRTH RATES ARE DECLINING RAPIDLY
THE COUNTRY THAT IMPLEMENTED A ONE-CHILD POLICY TO SLOW POPULATION GROWTH IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY
WHAT IS CHINA?
Regions like "The Deep South" or "The Rust Belt" lack official, legally defined borders and instead rely on informal mental maps and cultural identity, making them this specific type of region.
What is a perceptual region (or vernacular region)?
THE TYPE OF POPULATION DENSITY THAT MEASURES PEOPLE PER UNIT OF ARABLE LAND
WHAT IS PHYSIOLOGICAL DENSITY?
THE TERM FOR THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN A WOMAN IS EXPECTED TO HAVE IN HER LIFETIME
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE
WHY DO BIRTH RATES BEGIN TO DECLINE IN STAGE 3 OF THE DTM?
DUE TO INCREASED URBANIZATION, ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING, AND CHANGING SOCIAL VALUES
WHAT IS A COMMON STRATEGY USED IN ANTI-NATALIST POLICIES?
PROVIDING FREE CONTRACEPTION OR FORCED ABORTIONS.
When a geographer analyzes census data grouped specifically by ZIP codes, or city neighborhoods they are working at this specific scale of analysis.
What is local Scale local Scale
WHY MIGHT A COUNTRY HAVE A LOW ARITHMETIC DENSITY BUT A HIGH PHYSIOLOGICAL DENSITY?
MUCH OF THE LAND MAY BE UNUSABLE FOR FARMING, SO THE ARABLE LAND IS CROWDED EVEN IF THE OVERALL LAND AREA IS LARGE.
WHAT DOES A TOTAL FERTILITY RATE BELOW 2.1 INDICATE ABOUT A COUNTRY'S POPULATION?
THE POPULATION IS LIKELY TO DECLINE WITHOUT IMMIGRATION
THE STAGE OF THE DTM IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DECLINING POPULATION AND AN AGING SOCIETY
WHAT IS STAGE 5?
WHY MIGHT A DEVELOPED COUNTRY ADOPT A PRO-NATALIST POLICY?
TO COUNTER POPULATION DECLINE, LABOR SHORTAGES, AND AN AGING POPULATION.
Rather than shading entire regions or using uniform dots, this thematic map uses symbols such as circles or squares that vary in size at specific locations to illustrate quantitative differences, like city population or traffic volume.
What is a graduated symbol map?
A COUNTRY HAS AN ARITHMETIC DENSITY OF 45, A PHYSIOLOGICAL DENSITY OF 600, AND AN AGRICULTURAL DENSITY OF 250. WHAT CAN YOU INFER ABOUT ITS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT?
IT IS LIKELY A LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRY WITH MANY FARMERS PER UNIT OF ARABLE LAND AND A SMALL PORTION OF ARABLE LAND COMPARED TO TOTAL LAND AREA.
A COUNTRY HAS A CRUDE BIRTH RATE OF 10 AND A CRUDE DEATH RATE OF 12. WHAT IS ITS NATURAL INCREASE RATE, AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
THE RNI IS -2, MEANING THE POPULATION IS DECREASING
THE STAGE OF THE DTM THAT IS REPRESENTED BY A POPULATION PYRAMID WITH A RECTANGULAR SHAPE, SHOWING LOW BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
WHAT IS STAGE 4?
WHAT IS ONE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE OF A STRICT ANTI-NATALIST POLICY?
GENDER IMBALANCES, AGING POPULATION, OR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Famous for preserving shape and direction at the cost of severely distorting the size of landmasses near the poles (making Greenland look as large as Africa), this 1569 cylindrical map projection was designed primarily for sea navigation.
What is the Mercator projection?