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18 Cards in this Set
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Agricultural Revolution
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The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
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Arithmetic Destiny
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The total number of people divided by the total land area.
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Census
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A complete enumeration of a population.
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DTM
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The process of change in a society's population
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Demography
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The scientific study of population characteristics.
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Dependency Ratio
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The number of people under the ago of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people in the labor force.
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Doubling Time
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The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
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Ecumene
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The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
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Industrial Revolution
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A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
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Infant Mortality Rate. (IMR)
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The total amount of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births in society.
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Life Expendency
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The average number of years an individual can be expected to live.
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Natural Increase Rate (NIR)
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The percentage growth of a population in a year
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Overpopulation
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The exceeded capacity of a population
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Pandemic
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A disease that occurs over a wide spread geographic area
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Physiological Density
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The number of people per unit of area
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Population Pyramid
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A bar graph representing a distribution of population by age and sex
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Sex Ratio
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The number of males per 1000 females in the population.
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Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
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The average amount of children a women will have throughout her childbearing years.
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