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| The rate of farmers to arable land. |
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| When humans domesticated plants and no longer relied on hunting for food. |
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| The total number of people divided by land area. |
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| The total number of births for every thousand people alive per year. |
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| The total number of deaths for every thousand people alive per year. |
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| The process of change in a society from high CBR and CDR to low CBR and CDR. |
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| The scientific study of population characteristics. |
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| The number of people too young or old to work compared to the number of people working. |
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| The amount of time it takes to double a population. |
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| The portions of land permanently occupied by humans. |
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| Causes of death in each stage of Demographic Transition. |
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| The study of diseases affecting large numbers of people. |
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| 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. |
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| Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) |
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| The number of deaths of infants less than a year old compared with total live births per year. |
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| The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live at current mortality rates. |
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| A period of time where medical technology invented in Europe and North America diffused to less developed countries. |
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| Natural Increase Rate (NIR) |
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| The percentage by which a population grows in one year. |
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| When the population exceeds the capacity of the environment to support it at an acceptable standard of living. |
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| A disease that occurs over a wide area and affects a high proportion of the population. |
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| The number of people supported by a unit of arable land. |
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| The number of males per hundred females. |
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| Total Fertility Rate (TFR) |
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| The average number of children a woman will have. |
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| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) |
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| When the CBR is equal to the CDR. |
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