Words and Meanings
What does NIR stand for?
Natural Increase Rate
NIR is always measured in what type of unit?
Percentage
What age is a Young dependent?
What about Elderly dependent?
0-15
65+
What is the formula for Arithmetic Density?
Total people divided by total land in square miles.
If NIR is 0% what does this mean for the population.
Somewhere that is habitable.
Malthusian Theory states that...
a. Population grows Exponentially, Food is Arithmetically
b. Population grows Arithmetically, Food is Exponentially
A. is the correct answer
What is Urbanization?
Moving from Rural to Urban
(country-->city)
What is the formula for Agricultural Density?
Total Farmers divided by arable land in square miles.
What type of migration is this? (Internal/International)
John Boy moves from Charleston, SC to L.A., California.
Internal
Emigration
The 3 types of density are...?
Arithmetic Density
Physiological Density
Agricultural Density
Describe international migration, internal migration, interregional migration, and intraregional migration.
International-to another country
Internal-within same country
Interregional-to a different region
Intraregional-within the same region
Find the NIR.
Herlongville's CBR is 120 and the CDR is 100.
2%
What type of migration is this? (Interregional/Intraregional)
Tyrone moves from Florida to North Carolina.
Intraregional
What does IMR stand for?
What is it's meaning?
Infant Mortality Rate
How many babies die each year below the age of 1.
What are the 4 ways that food production has increased?
Mechanized Farming
Hybrid Seeds
Chemical Fertilizer
New Technology
What did the US Quota Act of 1924 do?
Passed laws to limit the number of immigrants coming into the US.
What is the formula for Physiological Density?
Total people divided by arable land in square miles.
If CBR is higher than CDR then NIR will....?
Increase
People who flee a country due to violence are called...?
Refugees
Find Arithmetic Density:
There are 500 total people here. 250 are farmers. There are 250 total square miles, 125 are arable.
2 people for every square mile.
Identify the type of migration and factor.
Billy Bob was a steel worker in Pittsburgh. He has worked there for 35 years. His back has been in pain due to the rigorous work, so he moves to Texas in order to find a new job opportunity.
Push/Pull
Economic
Does Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition model show a population increase, decrease, or plateau?
Decrease
Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model shows what type of growth?
High Growth