Vocabulary
Demographic Transition Model
Population Pyramids
Rates
Misc.
100
The scientific study of the statistics of a population.
Demography
100
The three things (data) that the demographic transition model shows.
Birth Rates, Death Rates, and Population or NIR
100
The three "groups" of people that a population pyramid shows.
Pre-Reproductive Years, Reproductive Years, Post-Reproductive Years (Kids, Adults, Old People)
100
The average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime is called:
Total Fertility Rate
100
China instituted this policy in hopes of controlling an out of control population.
One Child Policy
200
The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support.
Carrying Capacity
200
The main characteristics of the third stage of the DTM. (There should be 3)
Declining Birth Rates, Declining Death Rates, Slowing Population Growth.
200
Concave sides on a population pyramid means the country has:
A high death rate
200
Formula for calculating NIR
Crude Birth Rate- Crude Death Rate
200
In the Epidemiological Transition, this is the stage of "degenerative and human created diseases."
Stage 3
300
A portion of earth's surface occupied permanently by human settlement.
Ecumene
300
The revolution that allowed for rapidly declining death rates in the 2nd stage of the DTM.
The Industrial Revolution.
300
What stage of the demographic transition model is this country in?
Stage 3, (Low birth rates, low death rates, lower natural increase)
300
Formula for calculating physiological density
number of people divided by a unit (km) of arable land
300
The ratio comparing those who are too young or too old to work compared to the economically active.
Dependency Ratio
400
This English economist that argued that population will increase geometrically rather than arithmetically.
Thomas Malthus
400
Two main factors that lead to reduced birth rates in countries, and lead them to Stage 3.
Better Education and Contraception
400
A sudden dip in a population pyramid can be caused by:
war, disease, emigration, short term anti-natalist policies, etc.
400
Formula calculating agricultural density
The area of arable (farmable land) divided by the number of farmers in that region.
400
Term that best fits this scenario: Kathy wants to migrate to Canada, but there are laws that prevent it.
Intervening Obstacle
500
Someone who has been forced from their home because of unsafety, but is still within the borders of their country.
Internally Displaced Person
500
Two countries that are currently in stage 4 of the DTM (Zero population growth or very low growth)
Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Brazil, most of Europe, Singapore, South Korea, and the U.S.
500
This population pyramid of Florida shows an anomaly, the reason for this strange structure is:
Large portions of people retire in this region of Florida.
500
The formula for the demographic equation (to determine total population)
Births-deaths+immigration-emigration=total population
500
The four most populated regions in the world where nearly 2/3 of the worlds population is located.
East Asia, South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia