Population Distribution
What are the 3 main properties of distribution?
Density, Concentration, Pattern
Define Total Fertility Rate (TFR):
Average number of children a women will have during her child bearing years (15-49)
What is an anti-natalist policy?
Government policy that aims to slow down population growth (discourage child birth).
The name of the group that believed the Malthusian theory were called?
Neo Malthusians
Chain migration is most directly encouraged by?
Kinship and friendship ties
How do we measure population?
Arithmetic Density, Physiological Density, Agricultural Density
The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating what?
Relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of the population.
Define the concept of a pro-natalist population policy:
What was the Malthusian Theory?
A theory that as the population increases will lead to a lack of resources and food supply
Describe a pull factor:
A positive factor that encourages one to move to a place.
One would find a population with a relatively young age structure in which type of country?
A Less Developed Country (LDC)
What are the characteristics of a country moving from stage 2 to stage 3 of the demographic transition model? (DTM)
Declining death rate
Increasing Natural Increase Rate
Decrease in birth rate
Which types of countries implement pro-natalist population policies?
MDC's, Stage 4 and Stage 5 countries
Name of the person who created the Malthusian theory?
Thomas Malthus
The movement of people out of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina demonstrates the concept of what term?
Distance Decay
What would you use to find the amount of arable land in each country? think densities?
Physiological Density
Explain one reason why life expectancy in urban areas may be higher than life expectancy in the entire country?
Urban = city meaning their is easier access to essential needs.
Why may a country implement an anti-natalist population policy?
They have concerns about overpopulation, limited resources, famine...
True or False: the Malthusian theory came true
Which term most accurately describes the people who were forced to move away from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005?
Internally Displaced Persons
Physiological Density is viewed as a superior measure of population density than arithmetic density for which of the following reasons?
Its more reflective of population pressure on arable land.
Draw an example of the Demographic Transition Model on the board.
Stage 1: High BR, High DR, Low NIR
Stage 2: High BR, Declining DR, Increasing NIR
Stage 3: Declining BR, Declining DR, Increasing NIR
Stage 4: Low BR, Low DR, High NIR
Stage 5: Low BR, Low DR, High then Declining NIR
What is an example of a pro-natalist population policy?
What does the Malthusian view of the world argue?
Famine in developing countries can be explained by examining their patterns of population growth.
The 19th century emigration of a large number of Swedes from a particular region of Sweden to Isanti County, Minnesota as a result of communication from friends and relatives who joined them is an example of what term.
Chain Migration