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APHG Cpt. 2 Vocab

Vocab review Cpt 2 (Rubenstein)

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Agricultural Densityratio of the number of farmers to teh total amount of land suitable for agriculture
Arithmetic Densitytotal number of people divided by the total land area
Censuscomplete enumeration of a population
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)total number of live births in a year fro every 1,000 peole alive in the society
Crude Death Rate (CDR)total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the socity
Demographic Transitionprocess of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, adn a higher total population
Demographyscientific study of population characteristics
Dependency Rationumber of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor force
Doubling Timenumber of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase
Epidemiologic Transitiondistinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition
Epidemiologybranch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people
Ecumeneportion of eath's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1,000 live births in a society
Life Expectancyaverage number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live
Medical Revolutionmedical technology invented in Europe and North America that is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the traditional causes of death in poorer countries an enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
Overpopulationnumber of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
Pandemicdisease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
Physiological Densitynumber of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture.
Population Pyramida bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex
Sex Rationumber of males per 100 females in the population
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years
Zero Population Growth (ZPG)decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero
More Developed Country (MDC)also known as a "relatively developed c ountry" or a "developed country". A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development
Less Developed Country (LDC)AKA 'developing country'. A country that is at a relatively early stagein the process of economic development


(AP) Human Geography Teacher
Lakeville South High School
Lakeville, MN

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