Trends in HPG
The event that caused the boom in human population growth (HPG).
What is the Industrial Revolution?
True or False: Each nation is experiencing the same growth rate at the same time.
What is false?
This first stage of demographic transition doesn't experience much population growth.
What is the pre-industrial stage?
This is a measurement of how well one lives, usually used in medical terminology.
What is quality of life?
True or False: Without current technology, our population as humans would not have experienced the growth we have seen today.
What is true?
The study of human population statistics.
When comparing the 2 types of nations, developing nations usually have a higher rate of removing humans from the population formally called this.
What is a death rate?
In this final stage of demographic transition, the birthrate & death rate fluctuate at low and stable levels.
What is the post-industrial stage?
Resources that affluent societies use are found in other areas and have to be imported. This burns more of this naturally occurring energy source.
What is natural resources (fossil fuels)?
We created many modern agricultural technologies near the start of the Industrial Revolution. Name two.
What are modern machines (tractors, harvesters), pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers?
Humans tend to have this type of population distribution around water sources.
What is life expectancy?
This stage of demographic transition is where the birth rate is much higher than the death rate, as the death rate drastically decreases.
What is the transitional stage?
The wealth gap describes the assets and incomes between these two types of societies.
What are affluent and poorer societies?
Technology leads to this more environmental-friendly way of living as our human population is growing and more nations are becoming industrialized.
What is sustainable living?
Name 2 discoveries or benefits of the Industrial Revolution that has improved quality of life.
What are: sanitation, medical technology (vaccines/antibiotics), and understanding that disease is caused by germs?
The trend we see in resource consumption in developed v. developing nations.
What is resource consumption increases in developed nations?
In this stage of demographic transition, birthrates rapidly fall, making the birth & death rates almost equal.
What is the industrial stage?
What is ecological footprint?
Three negative impacts on the environment from the creation of technology.
What are exploration of resources, pollution, biodiversity loss, or climate change?
Name 3 agricultural benefits of the Industrial Revolution that has improved quality of life.
What are modern machines, increased crop production, pesticide, or synthetic fertilizers?
Name 3 things that can affect population growth.
What are sanitation, nutrition, living situations, or health care & education?
The 4 stages of demographic transition.
What are pre-industrial, transitional, industrial, and post-industrial?
The three ways that poorer societies place strain on the environment.
What are overwhelmed governments, land overuse, & land clearing?
Three positive impacts for the environment from the creation of technology.
What are reducing environmental impacts, reducing waste output, or cheaper/cleaner renewable energy sources?