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Details Title: Chapter Four Description: Human Populations Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 02/04/2007 21:29:33	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term neo-Malthusians Definition Those who believe that the world is characterized by scarcity and competition in which too may people fight for too few resources. Named for Thomas Malthus, who predicted a dismal cycle of mistery, vice, and starvation as a result of human overpopulation. (78) Term Demography Definition Encompasses vital statistics about people, such as births, deaths, and where they live, as well as total population size. Term Crude Birth Rate Definition The number of births in a year per thousand persons. (81) Term Total Fertility Rate Definition Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life. (81) Term Total Fertility Rate Definition Number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life. Term Zero Population Growth (ZPG) Definition Birth plus immigration in a society equals death plus emigration. (81) Term Crude Death Rates Definition The number of deaths per thousan persons in a given year. (82) Term Life expectancy Definition The average age that a newborn infant can expect to attain in any given society. (83) Term Pronatalist Pressures Definition Factors that increase people's desires to have babies. Term Demographic Transitions Definition A pattern of falling death rates and birth rates in response to imporved living conditions; could be reversed in deteriorating conditions. (86) Term Demographic Transitions Definition A pattern of falling death rates and birth rates in response to imporved living conditions; could be reversed in deteriorating conditions. (86) Term Family Planning Definition Allows couples to determine the number and spacing of their children. (88) Term Birth contorl Definition Any method used to reduce births. (89)