What term refers to "all the inhabitants of a particular place?"
Population
What term refers to "the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year?"
Death rate
What term refers to "the condition of being populated with excessively large numbers."
Overpopulation
What was the Pacific War?
War between the United States and Japan during World War II, 1941-1945
What country does this flag belong to?
Finland
What term refers to "the number of live births per thousand of population per year?"
Birth rate
What term refers to "the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births?"
Infant mortality rate
What fertility rate is considered the "replacement level?"
2.1
What made the United States enter the Pacific War?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
What country is this?
China
What term refers to "the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations?"
Demography
What historical event led to a sudden increase in the population of the world?
The Industrial Revolution
What is the term that refers to a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population by age groups and gender?
population pyramid
What military strategy did the US military use during World War II?
Island Hopping
What country is this?
South Korea
What country has the highest population in the world?
India
Give an example of a demographic
Gender, ethnicity, race, religion, income level, etc
Define "Demographic"
a particular sector of a population, relating to the structure of populations.
Explain the significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Two Japanese cities that were targeted with atomic bombs during the Pacific War.
Name the seven continents of the world
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica
What is the world population?
7.9 billion
Better technology in medicine led to an increase in the life expectancy rate. People maintained pre-Industrial Revolution birth rates. A high birth rate + low death rate = larger population
Describe the population trends we see in modern, first-world countries
Decline in population, aging population
Explain the American and Japanese perspectives on the causes of the Pacific War
American perspective - Americans wished to stop Japanese expansion and protect markets in East Asia as well as human rights in the area. America sees it as a defensive war
Japanese perspective - Japan wished to build up an empire to defend itself from being colonized by a Western country. Japan also wanted hegemony in East Asia.
What does the term "archipelago" mean?
An archipelago is an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean.