Ap Human Chapter 2 Quiz 2

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Physiological density

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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

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Aspects that make up a population. These can include sex, age, marital status, and education

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Population density

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A measure of total population relative to land size

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Population distribution

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Descriptions of locations on the earths surface where individuals or groups live

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Population explosion

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The rapid growth of the worlds human population during the century, attended by evershorter doubling times and accelerating rates of increase

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Population pyramid

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This is a visual representation of the composition of a population in terms of sex and age

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Rate of natural increase, RNI

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The difference between the number of births and the number of deaths

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Restrictive population policy

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A policy that is now generally enforced by the majority of the worlds governments. This policy range from the toleration and promotion of birth control to prohibition of large families. China’s one child policy is an example of this

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Stage 5

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This is a stage of the demographic transition characterized by a declining population. Birth rate continues to fall and drop below death rates. Death rates remain steadily low.

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Stage 4

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This is a stage of the demographic transition characterized by a decrease in population growth. The birth rates continues to fall while the death rates remain steadily low

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Stage 1

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This is a stage of the demographic transition characterized by low population growth. There are high birth rates and death rates in this stage

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Stage 3

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This is a stage of the demographic transition characterized by a population explosion birth rates remain high although the begin to fall. Death rates are very low

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Stage 2

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This is a stage of demographic transition characterized by increase of population growth. There are high birth rates and declining death rates

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Stationary population level

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A term abbrev. SPL that refers to a theory that the global population will stop growing some time during the 21st century and reach this stage

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Malthusian theory

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Thomas Malthusian believed that the worlds population was increasing faster than the food supply needed to sustain it. He thought that food supplies grew LINEARLY and that the population grew EXPONENTIALLY

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Total fertility rate

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Average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. A (TFR) of 2.1 or higher indicates a stable position

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Zero population growth

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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 theory

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Stanford university professor paul ehrlich predicted worldwide famine in the 1970s and 1980s due to overpopulation, as well as other major societal upheavals and advocated immediate action to limit population growth. Fears of a population explosion were widespread in the 1950s and 1960s, but the book and its author brought the idea to an even wider audience

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Epidemiological transition model

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Process by which the pattern of mortality and disease is transformed from one of high mortality among infants and children and episodic famine and epidemic affecting all age groups to one of degenerative and man-made disease ( such as those attributed to smoking) affecting principally the elderly. It is generally believed that the epidemiological transitions prior to the 20th century(i.e., those in today’s industrialized countries) were closely associated with rising standards of living, nutrition, and sanitation.

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Boserups theory also known as agricultural intesification

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also known as agricultural intesification States that population she drives the intensity. Her position countered the Malthusian theory that agricultural methods Determine population Via limits on food supplies