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| Ecumene | A portion of the Earth that is populated by a permanent human settlement |
| Arithmetic Density | Total number of people to total amount of land |
| Agricultural Density | A density that can be used to indicate whether a country is more or less developed |
| Crude Birth Rate | Total number of births to every 1,000 live indivduals in that society |
| Crude Death Rate | Total Number of death per 1,000 live individuals in that society |
| Natural Increase Rate | The percentage in which a population increases per year |
| Natural Increase Rate | CBR-CDR |
| Doubling Time | NUmber of years needed to double the population |
| Total Fertility Rate | Average Number of births a woman will have throughout her childbearing years |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Total number of infant deaths compared to live births |
| Life Expectancy | The average number of years an infant is expected to live from birth |
| The Demographic Transition | Stages of population growth |
| Stage 1 | Low Growth, Unstable, No current country is in this stage |
| Stage 2 | High Growth, Increased sanitation, heathcare, quality of nutrition |
| Stage 2 | Most all LDC's find themselves in this stage |
| Stage 3 | Moderate Growth, Drop in CBR closer to the CDR |
| Stage 3 | The U.S.'s high immigrant population keeps it in this stage |
| Stage 4 | Low Growth, CBR=CDR, Most MDC's |
| Stage 5 | Population Decline, Russia, CDR>CBR |
| Population Pyramid | Used to show age distribution and gender ration |
| Dependency Ratio | Number of people too young or old to support themselves |
| Sex Ratio | Amount of males to women, unequal=instability |
| Stage 4 | Mushroom Shaped Population Pyramid |
| Malthusian Theory | Population is growing faster than food supply |
| Neo-Malthusians | Population is set to out-pace oil, wealth, water, etc |
| Fredrich Engels | Believed that there was enoug resources,it was just that there was an inequality in distribution |
| Possiblism | The argument that with more people comes greater innovation |
| Education | Can decrease CBR |
| China | Most populous nation in the world |
| India | Most populous nation in Southeast Asia |
| Argicultural/Medical technology | Countries currently in Stage 2 are there because of the diffusion of the |
| East Asia | Region that has the highest population concentration |
| Sparsely populated regions | Cold, Wet, Arid |
| Stage 4 | ZPG |
