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Demography
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Study of population in general perspective
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Arithmetic density
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Dividing population of the areal unit by the # of square kilometers/miles that make up that unit.
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What does arithmetic density not take into account?
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Sparsely populated areas
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What European country is at/above replacement level?
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Kosovo
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What countries was TFR below replacement level before 1989?
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Canada, the U.S., Cuba
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TFR level is ___ almost everywhere.
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Falling
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Physiological density
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Total population of a country/region to the area of arable land it contains.
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What are the four most populated areas?
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Eurasia- East Asia, South Asia, and Europe.
North America. |
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What percent of the worlds population lives in China?
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25%
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98% of Egypt's population occupies only ___ of the total area.
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3%
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Malthus's assumptions are not true because
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He didn't factor in globalization and farmers.
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Population explosion
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Rapid growth of population in the world during the past century.
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The worlds population doubling time is ___
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Increasing.
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Where is Brazil's population concentrated?
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The Atlantic coastline.
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Stage one of demographic transition
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Low growth
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Stage two of demographic transition
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Increasing growth
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Stage 3 of demographic teansition
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Population explosion
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Stage 4 of demographic teansition
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Decreasing growth
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Great Britain from the late 1800s until WWII experienced a ___.
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Population explosion.
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Population pyramids with wide bases and narrow tops mean...
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High TFR, high infant mortality, low life expectancy.
Poor countries. |
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Population pyramid more uniform throughout mean...
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Rich countries.
Lower TFR, longer life expectancy. |
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Infectious disease
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Invasion of parasites and their multiplication in the body.
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Degenerative disease
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Maladies of longevity and old age.
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Endemic
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Prevails over small area.
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Epidemic
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Spreads over a large region
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Pandemic
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Global in scope.
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What percent of HIV cases are in Subsaharan Africa?
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60%.
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Eugenic population policies
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Designed to favor one racial/cultural sector over others.
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