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19 Cards in this Set
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physiological density |
a measure of population density that is found by dividing the total number of people by the area of ARABLE land |
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population composition |
aspects that make up a population. |
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population density |
a measure of total population relative to land size |
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population explosion |
the rapid growth of the worlds human population during the past century |
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population pyramid |
a visual representation of the composition of a population in terms of age and sex |
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rate of natural increase |
the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths |
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restrictive population policy |
a policy that is now generally enforced by the majority of the worlds government |
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stage five |
stage of the demographic transition characterized by a declining population. |
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stage four |
stage of demographic transition characterized by a decrease in population growth |
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stage one |
stage of demographic transition characterized by low population growth |
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stage three |
stage of demographic transition characterized by a population explosion |
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stage two |
stage of demographic transition characterized by increased population growth |
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stationary population level |
SPL that refers to a theory that the global population will stop growing |
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malthusian theory |
thomas malthus believed that the worlds population was increasing faster than the food supply needed to sustain it |
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total fertility rate |
average number of children born to a women during her life time |
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zero population growth |
a state in which a population is maintained at a constant level because the number of deaths is exactly offset by the number of births |
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ehrlich theroy |
paul predicted worldwide famine in the 1970 and 1980 due to over population |
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epidemiological transition model |
pattern of mortality is transformed from one high mortality among infants and children |
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boserups theory |
states that population change drives the intensity of agricultural production |
