Details Title: AP HuG: Chapter 2 Vocabulary Description: Test on 1o.23.o8 Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 10/22/2008 19:18:04		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geography Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Agricultural Density Definition The rate of farmers to arable land. Term Agricultural Revolution Definition When humans domesticated plants and no longer relied on hunting for food. Term Arithmetic Density Definition The total number of people divided by land area. Term Census Definition A population count. Term Crude Birth Rate(CBR) Definition The total number of births for every thousand people alive per year. Term Crude Death Rate (CDR) Definition The total number of deaths for every thousand people alive per year. Term Demographic Transition Definition The process of change in a society from high CBR and CDR to low CBR and CDR. Term Demography Definition The scientific study of population characteristics. Term Dependency Ratio Definition The number of people too young or old to work compared to the number of people working. Term Doubling Time Definition The amount of time it takes to double a population. Term Ecumene Definition The portions of land permanently occupied by humans. Term Epidemiologic Transition Definition Causes of death in each stage of Demographic Transition. Term Epidemiology Definition The study of diseases affecting large numbers of people. Term Industrial Revolution Definition A conjunction of major improvements in industrial technology that started in England in the late 18th century, spread to the rest of Europe and North America, and lasted until the 19th. Term Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Definition The number of deaths of infants less than a year old compared with total live births per year. Term Life Expectancy Definition The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live at current mortality rates. Term Medical Revolution Definition A period of time where medical technology invented in Europe and North America diffused to less developed countries. Term Natural Increase Rate (NIR) Definition The percentage by which a population grows in one year. Term Overpopulation Definition When the population exceeds the capacity of the environment to support it at an acceptable standard of living. Term Pandemic Definition A disease that occurs over a wide area and affects a high proportion of the population. Term Physiological Density Definition The number of people supported by a unit of arable land. Term Sex Ratio Definition The number of males per hundred females. Term Total Fertility Rate (TFR) Definition The average number of children a woman will have. Term Zero Population Growth (ZPG) Definition When the CBR is equal to the CDR.